Drift Museum Amsterdam
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10 Januari 2024
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How cool? The Drift Museum opens in Amsterdam East in 2025.

Always fascinated by the work of Studio Drift? You're not alone, because in 2025 a real Drift museum will open in Amsterdam EastThink of enormous floating concrete blocks and other signature artworks. This is all we know so far.

Everything we know so far about the brand new Drift museum

The artist duo behind Drift expects half a million visitors a year. Founders Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta came up with the idea for their own museum after the success of their exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In four months, their exhibition attracted over 260.000 visitors from all over the world and was photographed endlessly. Since then, things have moved quickly: the Rijksmuseum has acquired their work, as have the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Their drone shows also attract large audiences; they have been seen above Central Park in New York, at the Colosseum in Rome, and at the cult Burningman festival.

Drift Museum Amsterdam

© Drift Museum, @studio.drift

all about the Location of Drift Museum in Amsterdam

The artists will not be managing the Drift Museum alone; for this project, they sought collaboration with the owner of Amsterdam's Van Gendt Hallen, Eduard Zanen. Finding a suitable location was crucial for the museum, given the enormous installations offloating concrete blocks' for which Drift has become so famous. There was no better location than the Van Gendthallen in Amsterdam East; at 160 meters long and over 20 meters high, there's plenty of room for objects to float through the space. The halls are somewhat reminiscent of the warehouses at the NDSM Wharf, except that these are national monuments and will therefore remain in place forever.

Drift's artworks don't fit easily into a standard museum; this is not only because of their size, but also because of the theatrical aspect of the installations. The Van Gendt Halls are perfectly suited for this, thanks to their height and exceptional natural light. The museum's opening will be a while yet, as the monumental halls are currently undergoing extensive renovations. By 2025, they will be energy-neutral and ready to permanently house Drift's artworks. To be continued…

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