Museums

Van Abbemuseum

The Van Abbemuseum contemporary art museum enjoys an enviable reputation within the art world. Its vast collection includes works by Picasso, Chagall, Kandinsky, El Lissitzky, Mondriaan and Appel. Exhibitions are held on a regular basis. The Van Abbemuseum also contains an auditorium, a bookshop, a unique multimedia library, and an airy restaurant with a terrace overlooking the Dommel River.

Exhibition

There are also different exhibitions during the year.

Children’s activities

Are you between 6 and 12 years old? The Children’s Art Club is there every Saturday afternoon between 2pm and 4pm. Every meeting of the Children’s Art Club is guided by two museum teachers and every week there is a different subject. There is a group limit of 10 children.

Bilderdijklaan 10 / Stratumsedijk 2

5611 NH Eindhoven

+31 (0)40 238 10 00 info@vanabbemuseum.nl www.vanabbemuseum.nl/

Philips Museum

The Philips Museum is located in the heart of Eindhoven, where Gerard Philips produced his first light bulbs in 1891. The museum takes visitors on a tour of the company’s rich history. You get to see how Philips constantly reinvents itself and how its innovative technology plays an important role in social changes. First with electric light and later on with radio, television and the dawn of the digital age. These days, Philips stands at the forefront of major innovations in the healthcare sector. As ever, the company’s goal is to improve people’s lives.

Exhibition

There are also different exhibitions during the year often with free audio tour.

Emmasingel 31, 5611 AZ Eindhoven

+31 (0)40 235 90 30 info-museum@philips.com www.philips-museum.com

Eindhoven Museum - preHistorisch

Dorp Eindhoven

The open-air museum preHistorisch Dorp is one of the most unique attractions in Eindhoven. It consists of a replica of prehistoric and medieval barns and houses, and has historical residents who are dressed in period costumes who offer demonstrations of skills used by people from the prehistoric and medieval eras.

Boutenslaan 161 B, 5644 TV Eindhoven

+31 (0)40 252 22 81 info@prehistorischdorp.nl www.prehistorischdorp.nl

Daf museum

The ground floor accommodates a pleasant village square, with shops from the 1930s, a welcoming pub, a period garage and, not to be forgotten, a replica of the Van Doornes’ office. The trucks are displayed downstairs and special attention is paid to the milestones in DAF’s history. A special section is devoted to engines and it gives a good idea of the developments that have taken place over the years. The upstairs gallery holds an extraordinary collection of cars, among which a number of interesting prototypes that were not taken into production.

Tongelresestraat 27, 5613 DA Eindhoven

+31 (0)40 244 43 64 info@daf-museum.nl www.dafmuseum.nl

Mu

MU Hybrid Art House at Strijp-S is all about art in the broadest sense of the word. Together with mainly young makers and a broad, international audience, MU defines the liminal space between ‘what art is and what art can be’.

Starting from the near past and present of contemporary visual art, they focus on the unpredictable future of tomorrow and beyond and the role that hybrid artists want and can play in it. They combine this with Eindhoven’s innovative strength in the field of design and technology, together with an open, inclusive drive to experiment. MU is curious for talent, and challenges talents to be curious.

Torenallee 40-06, 5617 BD Eindhoven

+31 (0)40 296 16 63 mu@mu.nl www.mu.nl

Pennings Foundation

Pennings Foundations is a gallery near the City Center with photo exhibitions. Pennings Foundation organizes exhibitions, performances, artist talks, lectures, workshops, courses, meetings, portfolio reviews and a photobook fair. In October, during Dutch Design Week they host an exhibition of international designers.

The focus is on autonomous photography. In 2018, Pennings Foundation started to broaden their scope and grew into a platform for photography, video art and new media art.

Geldropseweg 63, 5611 SE Eindhoven

+31 (0)40 308 06 09 info@penningsfoundation.com www.penningsfoundation.com

Kazerne

Exhibitions with current and recent work of world-class design talent, both upcoming and established. Our loyalties lie with those creatives that relate to the region through study and/or work.

Paradijslaan 8, 5611 KN Eindhoven

+31 (0) 40 207 3730

Info@kazerne.com www.kazerne.comwww.nextnature.net

Next Nature: RetroFuture

In 2022 the Evoluon has reopened its doors in Eindhoven. The building, which resembles a spaceship, functions as a training facility for the crew of planet Earth. It’s a future lab for the wonderful world of science, technology, design and innovation. And you are invited.

The first exhibition in the Evoluon is RetroFuture. This is the world’s first major exhibition on the future of the past; what was strange, clumsy and artificial in the past, is considered normal or even natural today. The exhibition takes you on a journey of the dreams of yesterday’s future thinkers -from Da Vinci to Nostradamusand explores what we can learn from these today.

Noord Brabantlaan 1, 5652 LA Eindhoven evoluon@nextnature.net www.nextnature.net/retrofuture

Ontdekfabriek Eindhoven

A discovery factory located at StrijpS in Eindhoven. For more information please check their website.

Torenallee 22, 5617 BD Eindhoven (Strijp-S) +31 (0)40 787 35 06 info@deontdekfabriek.nl www.deontdekfabriek.nl

Piet Hein Eek

Piet Hein Eek made his international breakthrough as a designer with his graduation project at the Academy of Industrial Design (now the Design Academy): a cabinet made of scrap wood. Precisely in a time of excess, he designed a soberly designed cabinet made of simple material. A perfect example of going against the tide of the day, something

Piet Hein Eek is still known for. Instead of specialization, everything is done in-house here, and the entire process – from idea to end product – is very accessible to visitors. A complete world has been created in the striking building in which these activities are placed in context. So you’ve come to the perfect place for a real look at how design is made.

Halvemaanstraat 30, 5651 BP Eindhoven +31 (0)40 285 66 10 winkel@pietheineek.nl www.pietheineek.nl

Vincentre Van Gogh Brabant (Nuenen)

Van Gogh Village Nuenen: You cannot closer to Van Gogh… Stand where Van Gogh stood, see what he saw and painted. Then and now. It’s now 130 years further on, yet still everything is visible, tangible and within reach. Walk in Vincent van Gogh’s footsteps. What makes it unique is that the stories about Van Gogh, his letters and his paintings all come together in the same place.

Brabant is the Dutch province where Vincent van Gogh was born and raised. How did young Vincent grow up to become the famous painter that inspires millions of people all over the world? Start here to explore his homeland and visit the places and unique heritage centres you recognize from his letters, sketches, drawings and paintings.

Van Gogh Museum Vincentre Nuenen

Hear stories about him in the Vincentre museum and read stories about Nuenen as it was when he lived and worked here from 1883 to 1885. Get to know him as a person and see him develop to become a world-famous artist, including the Potato Eaters. (Audio tour available in 8 languages (including English).

After visiting the Vincentre, go outside where no fewer than 23 locations remind us of Van Gogh; 14 of these are locations painted or sketched by him. The others are statues or buildings with a special relevance. There is even a special cyclepath. Despite there being no original paintings, our senses are aroused: you cannot get closer to Van Gogh. Information columns along the route tell us about the places he painted. Ask for the “Out and about with Vincent” book in the Vincentre.

Van Gogh Village Nuenen

Berg 29, 5671 CA Nuenen info@vangoghbrabant.com www.vangoghbrabant.com

Motion Experience

Imagination Experience lets you step into a fantasy world full of light, interaction and colour. For all ages!

Piazza 64 (2nd floor), 5611 AE Eindhoven info@motionexperience.nl www.motionexperience.nl

Museum Helmond (Helmond)

One museum - two locations - three collections

Welcome at Museum Helmond and its two locations: Castle of Helmond (Kasteel Helmond) and Kunsthal Helmond. The Castle and Kunsthal are situated in the middle of the town Helmond, close to the railway station. In Castle Helmond you can visit the ancient story of the medieval building and its inhabitants. In Kunsthal Helmond we present modern art exhibitions and photography.

Kasteel Helmond

Kasteelplein 1, 5701 PP Helmond

+31 (0)49-258 7716 info@kasteelhelmond.nl

Kunsthal Helmond

F.J. van Thielpark 1, 5707 BX Helmond +31 (0)49-258 7716 info@kunsthalhelmond.nl www.museumhelmond.nl

Weaving museum (Geldrop)

In addition to the mostly old textile machines, which are still operated by our craftsmen, the story of the textile industry and its significance for Geldrop-Mierlo is told. In the cinema and large reel, short films are screened about weaving through the centuries and 5 characters from that time tell about weaving and their lives in the late 19th century. In the shop you can buy textile products made in the museum itself.

Molenstraat 21

5664 HV Geldrop

+31 (0)40 286 35 74 www.weverijmuseum.nl

Nederlands Steendrukmuseum (Valkenswaard)

Discover the art of lithography

Always wanted to know how advertising posters and book illustrations were made in the past? Or curious about how lithography actually works? Then visit the Dutch Stoneprinting Museum in Valkenswaard and discover the origin and development of our visual culture; a story of 200 years of innovation, art and craftsmanship. The microchip would never have existed without lithography!

The museum keeps this special craft alive, shows the technique with its beautiful presses and has a wealth of art lithographs. Be sure to visit the museum studio and see how the printer prints a real lithograph.

Carolusgebouw

Oranje Nassaustraat 8C

5554 AG Valkenswaard

+31 (0)40 204 98 41 info@steendrukmuseum.nl www.steendrukmuseum.nl

Museum Wings of Liberation (Bevrijdende Vleugels) (Best)

Go back in time to the liberation of the Netherlands: the sound of roaring fighter plane engines, heroic pilots and American paratroopers. The Wings of Liberation Museum tells the compelling story of the liberation of the southern Netherlands at the end of World War II. The museum is situated in the area where, on 17 September 1944, airborne operations as part of Operation Market Garden marked the beginning of the liberation of the southern Netherlands. The timeline comprises the entire period from the occupation in 1940 and the repression years 1940-1944, through to the liberation in the final months of 1944.

The museum has an extensive collection including dioramas, photos, tanks, aircraft, and weaponry that was actually used in Operation Market Garden.

Sonseweg 3

5681 BH Best, +31 (0)49 932 97 22 info@bevrijdendevleugels.com www.bevrijdendevleugels.com