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Art Museum The Hague

DREAMING OF A CULTURE TEMPLE

In 1912, H.E. van Gelder (1876-1960) director of the Art Museum. He dreams of the construction of a new large museum complex, including concert and conference rooms. In 1914 he argued in a museum note for the construction of even a number of new museums. After the First World War, the municipality made a site available at Stadhouderslaan. Architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856-1934) becomes the architect. Van Gelder and Berlage have known each other for some time and find each other in the conviction that art can elevate the people. This new museum should therefore not have an elite appearance and should become a culture temple for the common man. Moreover, it must become a modern museum, equipped with the latest technologies and presentation techniques.

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