Amsterdam Rainbow Dress
- 5 March till 10 March 2024
- Drents Museum
From the 5th up until the 10th of march, the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress is on view in our museum!
The Rainbow Dress is an artwork created to raise awareness about inclusion and equal rights the LGBTIQ+ movement all over the world. In collaboration with Henk Nijmeijer, rainbow ambassador of Drenthe, the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress is to be seen for the first time in the Netherlands outside of the Randstad.
The goal of the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress Foundation is to encourage debate and awareness about inclusion and equal rights. The foundation is making this happen all over the world, with the Rainbow Dress. It is an evolving artwork with a diameter of 16 meters made from different flags. The flags represent countries where being LGBTIQ+ is illegal, on penalty of imprisonment, torture, or capital punishment. When a country chooses to amend these laws in a positive way, the flag of that country will be replaced by a rainbow flag. At this moment, the dress consists of 68 flags and 9 rainbow flags. The top part of the dress is made from the flag of Amsterdam to encourage the city to remain being open to LGBTIQ+ refugees and new Dutch residents.
Visit
Discover this exhibition in real life. Buy your tickets for the Drents Museum now.
Most of the museum is easily accessible for people with reduced mobility. Most floors are accessible by elevator and there are wheelchair-accessible toilets. The museum has free wheelchairs, walkers and folding stools for anyone who wants to use them. Unfortunately, part of the monumental section of the museum is less accessible.
Because of the number of wheelchairs and walkers being limited, you can reserve them via +31 (0)592 - 377 773.
More information about the accessibility of the building can be found here.
Supervisors (on presentation of a public transport companion card) and registered assistance and guide dogs are of course very welcome and can enter the museum free of charge.
The Drents Museum always has a number of changing exhibitions and we also have a rich collection of our own. You can visit our own collection in our new collection presentation Labyrinthia.
All current exhibitions and presentations can be found on the exhibitions page.
More and more objects can also be found online. Learn all about your favorite object and discover new treasures!
Registered assistance or guide dogs are welcome in the museum, other pets are not.
Brasserie Pingo can be found in the heart of the old museum section. Pingo's opening hours are the same as the museum, from Tuesday to Sunday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Here you can drink coffee and eat cake, however salads, sandwiches and appetizers are also on the menu.
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