"The museum will open, with a new director, in a former coffee warehouse converted and expanded by the German architecture studio Renner Hainke Wirth Zirn in collaboration with the Rotterdam firm WDJArchitecten. Over nine floors, it explores the history of photography with galleries of international images and interactive displays. The national collection of more than 6.5 million images was founded two decades ago when a passionate amateur photographer left a bequest worth around £10m to start the museum."
"Glass walls in the museum's new home give an extraordinary view into the temperature-controlled archives where a team of specialists conserves and researches the collection. "The depots at the old location were not visible at all to the public," says Roderick van der Lee, the interim director. "Here, the design was intended to give a literal view into that part of the museum's function.""
Nederlands Fotomuseum opens in Rotterdam on 7 February in a converted former coffee warehouse expanded by Renner Hainke Wirth Zirn and WDJArchitecten. The nine-floor building presents galleries of international images, interactive displays, a public ground floor, library and darkroom. The national collection comprises more than 6.5 million images, including 175 complete archives from photographers such as Ed van der Elsken, Cas Oorthuys and Esther Kroon, the earliest daguerreotype dated 1842, and contemporary works like Jaya Pelupessy's The Studio Sculptures. Thirty fragile works will be rotated every three months. Glass walls reveal temperature-controlled depots where specialists conserve and research the collection.
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