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From Saturday, April 5 to May 4, 2025, Museum Cobra will present an exhibition on Amstelveen in the Second World War (1940-1945). The exhibition is part of the municipality-wide program ‘Amstelveen celebrates 80 years of freedom’, which this year commemorates the eightieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Amstelveen.

Vereniging Historisch Amstelveen (VHA) and the Facebook page ‘Amstelveen during the occupation’ set up this exhibition. The goal is to reach the widest possible audience: from young to old and from born Amstelveeners to newcomers. Everyone is welcome and informed about the history of Amstelveen during this period.

Exhibition
The exhibition highlights various themes and reflects that freedom is not a given. Documents, photographs, objects and film inform visitors about daily life, the German military presence, oppression, resistance, right or wrong, military acts of war, liberation and commemoration. The accompanying texts are bilingual.

Lectures
There will be several lectures on World War II at Museum Cobra during the exhibition:
– Saturday, April 12 (2 p.m.) there will be a presentation by René Kok on the subject of “German units in Amstelveen.
– Saturday, April 19 (2 p.m.) Hans Nauta will give a lecture on the subject: ‘Airfields in North Holland’.
– Sunday, May 4 (2 p.m.) there will be a presentation by Paul Hoogers. He pays attention to various events from the Second World War using film fragments and well-known music from that time.

Celebrating liberation Amstelveen, photo from the archive of René Kok, Vereniging Historisch Amstelveen

Experimental painting for adults: don’t think, do!

Date: Saturday, December 21
Time: 13.00 – 15.30 hours
Cost: €30 per participant, entrance included
Sign up: via this link

Meet Cobra artists such as Karel Appel and Corneille and get inspired by the works of art in the permanent collection of Museum Cobra. The artists of the Cobra movement were guided by the material they worked with, by its spontaneity and unpredictability. This is also how we will work in this workshop. What story or theme does a particular work of art tell you? Either way, the final result will be a personal work of art!

Making Christmas ornaments for young and old!

Date: Sunday, December 22, 2024
Time: 14:00 – 16:00 (continuous, free walk-in)
Admission: free (excluding museum admission)
For whom? Everyone, young and old, is welcome to participate

What will you hang in the tree this Christmas? Homemade Cobra ornaments!

Inspired by the creativity of Cobra artists and in line with our exhibitions, Museum Cobra organizes a workshop making Christmas ornaments. With all kinds of colorful materials we invite you to give free rein to your own creativity. On the ground floor is an atmospheric area where all visitors with a valid museum admission ticket can take a seat to get into the Christmas spirit.

During the exhibition Recall of Infinity, Museum Cobra in collaboration with Special Arts is hosting a finissage with an ongoing program for the public, studios and artists on

What can you do this day?
– Viewing the exhibition Recall of Infinity
– Join art in motion
– Get to work with Klets & Kwast in the Cobra Atelier
– Open Poetry Stage in collaboration with Nikki Verhoeven, city poet of Amstelveen and Mattino, ambassador of The Other Poem. Write a poem to a work of art and come recite it on stage October 27.
– The announcement of the winner of the Special Award 2024.

It is an ongoing program, for which you cannot make reservations by section. Subject to program changes.

About ChelseaBoy

Internationally acclaimed for their appearance on Drag Race Holland and being a returning judge on Make Up Your Mind, ChelseaBoy is an Amsterdam-based multidisciplinary artist, using the power of drag for (inter)personal transformation.

After focussing mainly on the performative aspect of drag, CB is currently expanding their field of work by voicing their experience as an artist within our rich community. A vulnerable and exciting new path to embark on.

Visual Sounds

Date: Sunday, September 29
Time: 15:00-15:30
Cost: free (excluding museum admission)

To conclude the exhibition I challenge you to love me, a special musical performance will take place amidst the art. Especially for this occasion, cellist Frances-Marie Uitti wrote five compositions, inspired by Blok’s work and using grammatical, structural and emotional elements. The compositions are based on five exhibited works. The public is cordially invited to walk with her and listen to these extraordinary musical reflections. Stop by and experience this moving interaction between image and music.