Van Abbemuseum

The Van Abbemuseum is a museum for modern and present day artwork in the middle of Eindhoven. The museum was opened in 1936. The Van Abbemuseum is named after its founder Henri van Abbe. Van Abbe changed into a lover of current art and desired Eindhoven to experience it. In 2010, the museum's collection houses extra than 2,700 works of artwork, of which round 1,000 are works on paper, seven-hundred artwork and 1,000 sculptures, installations and video works.

Within the museum many centers have been designed by way of the Belgian fashion designer Maarten van Severen. An auditorium has been constructed which, among other matters, gives room for the instructional supervision of the exhibitions and series shows, however which is likewise used for autonomous auditorium applications such as lectures, film displays, publications and seminars; all centered on artwork themes. The auditorium has the call of its donors, Jan and Jeroen van Abbe, and is provided via Philips with all cutting edge multimedia options. Van Severen has designed special theater seats for it. The auditorium can accommodate a hundred and fifteen human beings.