Keizersgracht 401 & 399
Since 1999, Huis Marseille has been situated on Keizersgracht 401 as Amsterdam’s first photography museum. In September 2013, the museum was expanded to include the neighbouring building at Keizersgracht 399, providing it with a total of fourteen exhibition spaces, including the lightwell in 399. The museum offers a rich and varied exhibition programme with changeovers about four times per year. Since the expansion in 2013, there has been a lot of opportunity to show the museum’s own collection alongside the exhibition. The collection consists primarily of leading modern (national and international) photography.
The artistic nature of photography
How photographers develop a new visual language that is relevant to the artistic nature of photography, but which also reflects on this time? That is the question which is central to Huis Marseille, and which informs the exhibition programme and collection acquisitions. During an age in which photography has risen to wild popularity, available to all and omnipresent as (mass) medium, photography as an artistic medium is in constant flux. Huis Marseille chooses photography which focuses on a specific visual language and is characterized by a passionate spirit of inquiry, as part of an ongoing investigation into avant-garde innovation. Moreover, photography in Huis Marseille has social relevance and interfaces with the changing spirit of the times.
Canal houses
Huis Marseille is the opposite of a white cube: the fact that the museum is housed in two monumental 17th-century canal houses is of great influence on the ‘organic’ way in which the exhibitions in the various spaces are experienced. At the same time, these authentic rooms are so clear and open that the appearance of photographic works by itself is not hindered, but enhanced. The majority of the exhibitions in Huis Marseille is developed and produced especially for these spaces.
Collection
On this website, a complete and frequently updated collection catalogue can be found.
Staff
Nanda van den Berg, director
Désirée Kroep, junior curator
Tim Mooij-Knip, operations manager
Benjamin van Gaalen, communications & relationship manager
Ann Gimpel, exhibition coordinator
Rose Ieneke van Kalsbeek, exhibition coordinator
Riëlle Schoeman, interim exhibition coordinator
Philip Lüschen, exhibition design
Vivian Seffinga, exhibition design
Zoë Dankert, project officer
Sjoerd Martens, coordinator / social media
Kim Hoogterp, coordinator
Gilles Groot, coordinator
Jorn van den Berg, coordinator
Juul Kunst, coordinator
Phylicia Gilijamse, coordinator
Irina Leifer, education
Board
Hendrik Driessen, chairman
Steven Vis, treasurer
Sacha de Boer, member
Arnoud Odding, member
Floor van Hasselt-de Pont, member
Foundation information
Stichting Huis Marseille, Museum voor Fotografie
Keizersgracht 401
1016 EK Amsterdam
KvK number: 34107067
VAT number: NL808066857B01