Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum closes its doors for six months starting in 1998; extensive renovations & construction of new wing.AMSTERDAM Amsterdam, city, Netherlands Amsterdam (ăm`stərdăm', Dutch ämstərdäm`), city (1994 pop. 724,096), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, North Holland prov. , The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1997-- The Van Gogh Museum The Van Gogh Museum is a museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. It has the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world. will close its doors to undergo extensive renovations and for the construction of a new wing from September September: see month. 1, 1998, to April 1, 1999. A part of Van Gogh Museum's permanent collection will be on display during this period in the South Wing of the Rijksmuseum Rijksmuseum (English: State Museum) is the general name for a national museum in the Dutch language. When only "Rijksmuseum" is used, it usually refers to Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. . The Van Gogh Museum was first built by the famous Dutch architect Rietveld in 1973 and saw 60,000 visitors that year but now, 25 years later, that number has increased to 1 million visitors per year. The construction of a new wing and the renovation of the existing building will facilitate the flow of visitors and allow for an even greater number of visitors in the future. The renovation, estimated to amount to Dfl. 30 million (approx. $15,500,000), will include the replacement of the climate installation, an adjustment of the lighting in the museum, and a refurbishment re·fur·bish tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. re·fur of the ground floor and main entrance. A completely new Van Gogh Museum will be opened in 1999. For more information about the renovation, contact the Van Gogh Museum at: 011-31-20-570.5291. For more general information on Holland, please contact the Netherlands Board of Tourism at: - Tel: 1-888-GO Holland - E-mail: Go2Holland@aol.com - Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the : http://www.nbt.nl/holland CONTACT: Netherlands Board of Tourism Saskia Brandt 212-370-7360, ext. 19 fax: 212-3709507 |
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