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• • July 28, 2025
  • Depot

  Announcing Solo Exhibition by Mandy El-Sayegh at the Depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by Mandy El-Sayegh (b. 1985, Malaysia), opening this autumn. El-Sayegh is known for her complex, la...

• • February 6, 2025
  • Museum

  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen acquires melanie bonajo’s When the body says Yes

  Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is delighted to receive When the body says Yes in its museum collection. A sensory and colourful work of art with continuous social relevance.

• • April 11, 2024
  • Museum

  Craving for Boijmans: museum building open for five weeks from 1 June 2024!

  From 1 June 2024: a special art tour through the closed building of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Tickets on sale 1 May 2024.

• • February 21, 2020
  • Museum

  Mecanoo’s Vision for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

  On Thursday 4 June, Francine Houben of the architecture firm Mecanoo presented her vision for the renovation of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen to the members of the Rotterdam’s city council. Earlier...

• • August 5, 2019
  • Museum

  Last artworks leave the museum

  From August 5th, the museum is empty and the keys have been handed over to Rotterdam City Council. The entire collection will come together again in 2021. In the meantime, parts of the collection w...

• • May 26, 2019
  • Museum

  New Phase for Boijmans

  Sunday, 26 May 2019, the entrance gate to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen was shut. The museum is embarking on a major renovation and rebuilding programme that is expected to take seven years.

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