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Museum tot zover

Coordinates: 52°20′46″N 4°56′19″E / 52.34611°N 4.93861°E / 52.34611; 4.93861
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Museum Tot Zover
Museum tot zover is located in Greater Amsterdam
Museum tot zover
Location in the city of Amsterdam
Established19 December 2007 (2007-12-19)[1]
LocationKruislaan 124[2]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates52°20′46″N 4°56′19″E / 52.34611°N 4.93861°E / 52.34611; 4.93861
DirectorGuus Sluiter[1][3]
Websitewww.totzover.nl

The Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover (Dutch Funeral Museum So Far) is a museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands that displays the various funerary practices of the various cultures present in the Netherlands, with the view that these funerary practices provide a better understanding of these cultures.[4]

The museum is located in De Nieuwe Ooster, a memorial park in Amsterdam that includes a cemetery and crematorium.[5] The original building was designed as a caretaker’s residence by Adriaan Willem Weissman [arz; de; nl] (1858–1923), who was a Dutch city architect best known for designing the Stedelijk Museum.[6]

The collection includes items involved in funerary practices such as funerary masks, caskets and urns, as well as paintings and movie clips that demonstrate these funerary practices.[4] The museum explores death and funerary practices along four themes: rituals, the body, mourning and remembrance, and memento mori.[7]

In addition to its collection, the Museum Tot Zover hosts temporary exhibitions of art and history.[4] One of the museum’s exhibitions is “The Last Image,” which is a digital, online exhibition to which anyone can submit content.[8] The premise of this ongoing exhibition is to explore the implications of photography and digital space in the process of death and dying.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bert van Panhuis, "Wegens omstandigheden geopend", Trouw, 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ Contact, Museum Tot Zover. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. ^ Organisatie, Museum Tot Zover. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover". ANWB. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Museum". Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Gebouw". Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover.
  7. ^ "Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover". Iamsterdam. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  8. ^ "The Last Image". The Last Image – Tot Zover. Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover.
  9. ^ "The Last Image". The Last Image – Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover. Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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