Settings sails on a new course! Het Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam after its renovation

• Joost C.A. Schokkenbroek ^[1]
  1. [1] VU University, Amsterdam
• Localización: Drassana: revista del Museu Marítim, ISSN 0214-2279, ISSN-e 2385-3425, Núm. 21, 2013, págs. 152-163
• Idioma: inglés
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  • On 2 October 2011, Het Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum; HSM) in Amsterdam re-opened its doors to the public after an extensive and costly renovation that took 4 years. HSM has emerged as an innovative maritime museum, exploring and exploiting new ways of displaying collections. Twelve brand new exhibitions awaited a projected 300,000 visitors per year. However, during the first year, no fewer than 480,000 people entered the monumental building to experience the renewed museum. The innovations do not only relate to exhibits and storytelling. In the field of research and academic programs, new approaches are stimulated and facilitated as well. In this short article, I will elaborate on what these innovations entail, but also how they are perceived and received by the visitors. Finally, I will connect the in-novations in the field of presentations and storytelling with our research program. What are these connections? What course is HSM steering and why?