Theme day Vlaardingen

9 June 2023

Jan Anderson from Vlaardingen, now 87 years old, has collected a total of about 150,000 objects in his museum. This museum is a foundation, but without Jan's driving force its survival seems doubtful. Or not? An agreement has now been made with the Reinwardt Academy for Heritage Studies, the National Cultural Heritage Agency and Heritage South Holland ensuring that the collection will be stored and preserved in its own depot building. But closed to the public. In the meantime, systems keep track of how the indoor climate, mold, insects and other factors evolve and affect the collection. This depot will only be opened again after 20 or 30 years. Similar to Sleeping Beauty who is kissed awake after a hundred years. Will the collection still be as fresh as the princess from the fairy tale? In order to discuss this theme with museum colleagues, a symposium was held in Vlaardingen, which we obviously wanted to attend. This scenario would not be our first choice for our collection.

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