Mondriaanhuis

Aktuelle udstillinger

Om museet

Piet Mondriaan was born in 1872 in the house on Kortegracht in Amersfoort. At the time the building was a primary school where his father was head teacher; the family lived upstairs, and Piet spent the first eight years of his life here. After the family moved away, for a long time nothing recalled the later pioneer of abstract painting.

That changed thanks to architect Leo Heijdenrijk and his wife Cis Heijdenrijk-Osendarp, who turned the house into a museum and opened it in 1994; they received the Zilveren Anjer award for their efforts. The tour follows Mondriaan’s path from Amersfoort via Winterswijk, Amsterdam, Paris, and London to New York, showing how his art developed from naturalistic landscapes to compositions of lines and planes of color. Special features include a true-to-scale reconstruction of his Paris studio and a video and sound installation on his last work, Victory Boogie Woogie.

In 2022, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the museum acquired nine early, still naturalistic works by Mondriaan dating from 1899 to 1908. There are also two long-term loans of geometric-abstract and constructive-concrete art by other artists. Temporary exhibitions relate Mondriaan’s ideas to contemporary positions; at the end of the visit, a hands-on studio invites visitors to create their own work. Today the Mondriaanhuis belongs to the Stichting Amersfoort in C, together with Kunsthal KAdE, Museum Amersfoort, and the architecture center FASadE.

Højdepunkter

• Piet Mondriaan’s birthplace, the former school of his father
• True-to-scale reconstruction of Mondriaan’s Paris studio
• Immersive video and music installation on Victory Boogie Woogie
• Nine early naturalistic works by Mondriaan (1899–1908), acquired in 2022
• Doe-het-zelf-atelier (hands-on studio) with a Lego wall for creating your own work

Permanente udstillinger

• De wereld van Piet Mondriaan – The main presentation (announced to run until the end of 2028) explores Mondriaan’s work, spiritual influences, interests, and circle of friends, including the reconstructed Paris studio.
• Mondriaan en de Tweede Wereldoorlog – The presentation covers the Nazi campaign against “degenerate art,” Mondriaan’s flight to America, and his late new beginning in New York with Victory Boogie Woogie.

Grundlagt

1994

Ejer

Stichting Amersfoort in C

Ledelse

Joyce de la Croix (directeur/curator)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: Open Monumentendag (Heritage Day; Saturday, September 12 in 2026): free admission

Free with the Museumkaart, as well as with the VriendenLoterij VIP-kaart, ICOM card, Rembrandtkaart, and as a Friend (Blue & Yellow); the card must be shown on site. Online tickets possible but not necessary. Museumkaart available at the ticket desk. Payment by debit or credit card only (no American Express). Workshops are separate offerings for which the Museumkaart is not valid.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

According to the museum, largely wheelchair-accessible: access at the front via a ramp (please notify reception in advance), elevator to all floors; the reconstruction of the Paris studio is only partly accessible by wheelchair (upper section up four steps). The elevator is not suitable for mobility scooters; free loaner wheelchair (Handy-Car(e)). Adapted restroom, benches, and folding stools. Picto-Museumkaart for people with communication impairments. Gallery texts including audio texts as PDFs (Dutch/English) and on a loaner tablet. Information for visitors sensitive to stimuli; flickering light and loud music in the Victory Boogie Woogie installation, noise-canceling headphones available. Quietest times: weekdays at opening, around 13:00, and after 16:00. In the low-traffic city center, holders of a disabled parking permit may drive in with a free exemption permit.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

Free trail with hidden little boxes or stickers for ages 6 to 12, available at the ticket desk; Doe-het-zelf-atelier with activities and a Lego wall; regular children’s workshops for ages 6 and up; and children’s birthday parties with a painting workshop.

Transport & parkering

With a disabled parking permit, free parking in general accessible parking spaces in Amersfoort; access to the low-traffic city center only with a free exemption permit from ParkeerService Amersfoort.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke
• Museumsbutik
• Garderobe
• Opbevaringsskabe

Mondriaancafé (Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00, also without a ticket) with coffee, tea, Mondriaan tartlets, and a vegan brownie; terrace on Mooierplein in summer. Museum shop on the first floor, accessible without a ticket; products also available in the online shop. Free lockers and coat check; only bags up to A4 size allowed in the museum. No eating or drinking in the exhibition rooms.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 50 personer.

Outside opening hours: the museum café for receptions (35 seated or 50 standing) and the Doe-het-zelf-atelier for talks (up to 50 people, projector available), on request with an exhibition visit, guided tour, and catering; Friends get 10% off.

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