History of the museum
The museum owes its name to two private collectors. Frans Jacob Boijmans, a lawyer from Utrecht, donated his art collection to the municipality of Rotterdam in 1847. That was the start of the museum; it was called ‘Museum Boymans’. Originally, the museum was housed in the Schielandshuis in Rotterdam. A major fire in 1864, in which a large part of the collection was lost, was reason to look for a new location. This only became reality in 1935. At that time Dirk Hannema was the director and the new museum, which had been designed by architect Van de Steur was opened. In 1958, the museum acquired the large art collection of the harbour baron D.G. van Beuningen. The name of the museum was changed to ‘Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’.
There are many other private collectors to whom the museum is very grateful. The diverse interests of these collectors laid the basis for the collection’s variety. And thanks to their passion, the museum is now the only one in the Netherlands that possesses paintings by Van Eyck, Titiaan, Hieronymusch Bosch,Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Dalí.
In the second half of the 20th century, the museum’s own acquisitions increased, but the museum still profits from the generosity of collectors. In 1981, for example, it acquired, thanks to the the married couple Van Beuningen-de Vriese, an extensive collection of pre-industrial utensils. With the recent help of H+F Mecenaat, beautiful installations by artists such as Olafur Eliasson from Denmark and Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist were acquired.
Since its construction in 1935, the museum building has also be considerably extended. The new exhibition wing by Alexander Bodon was opened in 1972 and in 1991, Hubert Henket built a pavilion for the collection of pre-industrial utensils. The most recent addition dates from 2003, when Robbrecht and Daem completed a new library and office section.
Tagging!
We found that visitors use different words when describing or searching for museum pieces, than the curators or registrars.
We've therefor made it possible for online visitors to add their own tags to the objects. This will not only increase the findability, but also makes other connections between pieces in the collection visible: for instance by finding all objects that are red, or all works that depict a dog.
The more tags, the better!
So sign in and tag along!
Note; If you wish to attribute more tags to a word, separate them with a comma.
Your photographs on the online collection
Visitors to our museum often make surprising and beautiful photo's of our collection. We're now adding these to the website, through a connection with the photo website flickr.com
How does it work?
Boijmans' online collection automatically loads pictures from the flickr group called "Boijmans_Collection".
When an object page is requested on the online collection, it searches for photo's tagged with the accession number of that object, and shows the results on the page.
I want to add my photos!
The following the next three steps:
1: Upload jour photograph to flickr.
2: Add your photo to the Boijmans Collection group pool.
3: Tag your photo with the right accession number.
How can I tag with the accession number?
1: Log in to flickr, and find your photograph.
2: In the right column you will see a list of tags, with a blue link: "Add a tag". Click on it.
3: Search for the accession number in the collection website.
4: Enter the entire accession number in the input box on flickr.com, and make sure it is surrounded by quotes. If there are no quotes, flickr will cut the tag up, and the picture will not apear on the collection website.
5: Press Enter, of clirk on "ADD".
How can I find the accession number? Waar is het inventarisnummer te vinden?
You can see the number in the URL of the object pages on the collection website. For instance: http://collectie.boijmans.nl/en/work/1188 (MK). Everything behind the /work/ is the accession number, in this case it's "1188 (MK)".
You can also find the number, by clicking on 'object data'.
How do I find an object on the collection site?
Through the search page: collectie.boijmansbeta.webfactional.com/en/search/
What is flickr and how do I sign up?
Flickr is a website on which you can share your photographs for free. Instructions and more info on flickr.com.
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Images: copyright and ordering
All images from the collection of the museum were taken by Bob Goedewaagen, Tom Haartsen, Ernst Moritz, Studio Buitenhof and Studio Tromp; and employees of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
Some of the featured images on this website may be subject to copyright. Use of these images other than viewing them via internet requires the prior permission of the copyright holder or their legal representative. Visitors of this site are reminded that the exhibited works are subject to copyright law. For use of works of visual artists affiliated with a CISAC-organization, other than consultation via Internet, permission is required from Pictoright. Pictoright can be reached by E-mail or Pictoright, PO Box 15887, 1001 NJ Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Telephone: +31(0)20 5891840, fax +31(0)20 4124269.
With the exception of a single and temporary copy to the memory of a single computer and one permanent copy for the end user, the information contained on this site may only be used with the written permission of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. This applies in particular to the reproduction and dissemination of images and for ‘framing’ of images in other web sites.
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For other applications and commercial use, photographic material suitable for reproduction can be ordered, on payment, through the Museum’s website or images@boijmans.nl.
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Credits
Website
Fabrique (design and development)
Cit (connection with the collection database)
Text
Curators and employees of the museum's Education department
Translation
Jonathan Ellis
Photography
Bob Goedewaagen, Tom Haartsen, Ernst Moritz, Studio Buitenhof and Studio Tromp
Employees of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Partner in education
ArtTube has been made possible thanks to a generous contribution from the VSB Fund. This fund is the museum’s partner in education and supports two other platforms: the Kunst Studio (the education area in the museum), the online video channel ArtTube and the television programme Boijmans TV.
