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Stedelijk Museum

museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Also known as: City Museum, Municipal Museum

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Dutch:: “City Museum”

Date:: 1895 - present

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Stedelijk Museum, in Amsterdam, municipal museum established in 1874. It is known for its collection of modern and contemporary art and design, primarily dating after 1870. The museum features notable collections of canvases by Vincent van Gogh, artists of the De Stijl movement, and European and American trends since 1950.

The museum maintains fine collections of drawings, prints, applied arts, photographs, and films. Its artworks were first housed at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and moved in 1895 to the Stedelijk’s present location, a brick striped building designed by Adriaan Willem Weissman. The museum added an extension in the 1950s, and in the early 21st century the Stedelijk thoroughly renovated its original building. It also opened an addition in 2012.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Alicja Zelazko.