The drawing lesson now in the press

27 September 2022

June this year, our museum was the venue for an extraordinary drawing lesson. Amateur painters became skilled in drawing with silver point when copying pipes from our collection. The results will be shown in an exhibition in the coming months. We show the original pipes with the sketches and drawings so that you as a visitor can admire the interpretation of the artists. A press release to announce our mini-exhibition has now been sent out. We hope for some extra visitors in the near future!

Bonn exhibits still life objects

22 September 2022

Museums know where to find our collection, especially thanks to our online collection database. This was recently proven by the Landesmuseum Bonn. There will be an exhibition of Dutch still lifes from the Golden Age, where the real objects that have been painted will also be shown. For a still life with a pipe, we have not only lent a Gouda pipe, but also framing objects that represent the pipe makers' craft and the tobacco trade in the seventeenth century. There is also a tobacco wrapper and a pipe mould to show how the clay pipe is made. The exhibition “Augenlust? Niederländische Stillleben im Detail” will remain on display until February 19, 2023.