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October 2021

• • October 7, 2021
  • Depot

  Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen reveals the name of its restaurant

  Restaurant Renilde and the Zaal Coert events space are the occupants of Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen’s uppermost floor. These names pay tribute to Renilde Hammacher, the Rotterdam museum’s star cur...

September 2021

• • September 17, 2021
  • Depot

  Jim de Jong chosen as chef of the depot’s rooftop restaurant

  Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is adding a new hotspot to Rotterdam’s culinary map. The celebrated Rotterdam-born chef Jim de Jong will be head chef of the restaurant on the top floor

July 2021

• • July 29, 2021
  • Depot

  100 days to the depot’s opening

  Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam will open its doors in 100 days - on November 6, 2021 - and will make the entire internationally renowned Boijmans Van Beuningen art collection, more than ...

June 2021

• • June 1, 2021
  • Depot

  Announcing the opening date + rehousing the collection

  Over the next three months, approximately 151,000 artefacts will be transported from five external storage facilities to the new Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and installed in their new...

September 2020

• • September 24, 2020
  • Depot

  Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen completes construction in preparation for museum’s big move

  Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, het eerste publiek toegankelijke kunstdepot ter wereld, heeft zijn technische voltooiing bereikt. Het spiegelende gebouw in het Museumpark in Rotterdam werd ontworpen ...

June 2020

• • June 15, 2020
  • Depot

  Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen: Accessible for three days

  Construction of the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen - the world’s first publicly accessible art depot - is almost complete. From September 25-27 the Depot will open its doors to the public for the fir...

February 2019

• • February 7, 2019
  • Depot

  Rotterdam’s Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen - the world’s first publicly accessible art depot - will open in 2021.

  The Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen will be a unique space for exploration, interaction and discovery. The Depot will be the first museum storage facility in the world to offer public access to the la...

May 2017

• • May 17, 2017
  • Depot

  Boijmans Van Beuningen Depot

  The groundbreaking ceremony of the world’s first publicly accessible art storage facility takes place today, Friday 17 March 2017, at 3.30 p.m. A festive event, during which Museum Boijmans Van Beu...