Positive advice for renovation Amsterdam Museum: “Convincing proposal” | NOW

The Spatial Quality Committee (CRK), which advises the municipality on cultural history, nevertheless agrees to the renovation of the Amsterdam Museum subject to certain conditions. The plans have changed slightly.

For example, the facades on Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, Luciensteeg, Gedempte Begijnensloot and Boys Gallery have been adjusted. An interior book would have provided ‘good insight’ into the relationship between the monumental interiors, the interiors in the historic buildings and the new construction.

“All this results in a convincing proposal in which historical parts are nicely connected with the new parts of the interior,” writes the CRK. “The proposed solutions for installations such as security cameras are convincing and have acceptable consequences for the monumental value.”

Alderman Touria Meliani (Arts and Culture) wrote in a letter to the city council that a draft environmental permit for the renovation of the museum can be issued as a result of the positive advice. In the coming weeks, however, the last technical parts of the plan, such as the construction and fire resistance, will be examined.

The CRK must also remain involved in the sampling and choice of materials for the new facades. At the end of June, municipal councilors will receive an invitation to a meeting in which the design will be presented.

The CRK approved the building plans sooner off because there would not be a good balance between the history and the new construction plans. The museum had already started the renovation, because it was expected that an agreement would be reached later. The building on Kalverstraat has been out of use since the end of March and will not reopen until 2025. Until then, visitors can visit the Hermitage†

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