The Nederlands Stripmuseum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːdərlɑnts ˈstrɪpmyˌzeːjʏm]; "Netherlands Comic Strip Museum") was a museum dedicated to Dutch language comic strips, with emphasis on native comic creations, and located in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
 Exhibition in 2005 | |
  Location in Groningen in the Netherlands | |
| Established | 21 April 2004[1] |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2 March 2019 |
| Location | Westerhaven 71[2] Groningen, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 53°13′N 6°33′E / 53.217°N 6.550°E |
| Visitors | 19,790 (2015)[3] |
| Owner | nl:Libéma (premises) Stichting het Nederlands Stripmuseum (collection) |
| Public transit access | Westerhaven Bus lines: 6, 8, 9, 35, 39, 88, 637[4] |
| Website | www |
Overview edit
Over a decade in the making, the museum was opened on 21 April 2004, by city mayor Jacques Wallage, with expected visitor numbers in the 40.000 to 100.000 range annually.[5] At the opening, attended by many alumni from the Dutch comic scene, then museum chairman Bert Brink declared that it was justified that the museum was housed in Groningen, as the Dutch comic culture had its origins in the city.[6] Around 1850 the comic Monsieur Cryptogame from Rodolphe Töpffer was translated into Dutch as Mijnheer Prikkebeen by city native, poet and novelist J.J.A. Goeverneur.[7] The translation was also published in Groningen. The museum had 19,790 visitors in 2015.
The premises in which the museum is housed is not owned by the museum or the city, but rented from real-estate managing company nl:Libéma. The collection though, is the legal responsibility of a private foundation, the "Stichting het Nederlands Stripmuseum".[8]
Conceived as Holland's answer to Brussels' prestigious Belgisch Centrum voor het Beeldverhaal, the Stripmuseum has never come close to the visitor numbers as projected, or to the numbers its Belgian counterpart did achieve (less than 50,000 and dwindling[9] v.s. a steady 200,000 annually[10]). As a result, the Stripmuseum already ran into trouble in 2014, threatened with bankruptcy and closure, date of closure fixed on May 1, 2014.[11] The museum's demise was temporarily averted for three years with eleventh-hour emergency funding from local authorities and sympathetic sponsors,[12] but has been notified by its landlord Libéma to vacate the premises in 2017. Pursuant its averted bankruptcy, the museum had already planned moving to the smaller Groninger Forum premises as early as 2014, which is as of 2017, expected to open its doors in 2019, even if that means having to share the available space with other institutions. Libéma actually already wanted to expel the museum in 2014 in anticipation of the bankruptcy, but was persuaded to rescind by the donors who had saved the museum to await the then projected opening of the Groninger Forum in 2017. A spokesperson of Libéma has indicated that the museum will not get a stay of eviction this time in anticipation of the opening of the Groninger Forum, which has already been delayed by two years.[13]
Visitors edit
| Year | Visitors | Year | Visitors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N/A[14] | 2010 | 43,000[15] | |
| 2005 | 45,037[14] | 2011 | 41,000[15] | |
| 2006 | 45,000[14] | 2012 | 40,318[15] | |
| 2007 | 37,000[14] | 2013 | 34,000[3] | |
| 2008 | 39,000[15] | 2014 | 22,000[3] | |
| 2009 | 41,000[15] | 2015 | 19,790[3] |
References edit
- ^ (in Dutch) Beleidsplan van het Nederlands Stripmuseum, Nederlands Stripmuseum. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ (in Dutch) Contact, Nederlands Stripmuseum. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d (in Dutch) Bezoekcijfers erfgoedinstellingen Groningen Archived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Stichting Erfgoedpartners, 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ (in Dutch) Halte: Groningen, Westerhaven, Qbuzz. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Stripmuseum in Groningen geopend" (in Dutch). RTVnoord.nl. 21 April 2004. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "In een vrolijk doolhof hebben de Nederlandse striphelden eindelijk een thuis gevonden" (in Dutch). Trouw.nl. 24 April 2004. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Comics History: Early Dutch Comics", Lambiek.nl
- ^ "De ANBI status van Het Nederlands Stripmuseum", official site (in Dutch)
- ^ "Groninger musea goed bezocht in 2014" (in Dutch). RTVnoord.nl. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "About Us—In Short". Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Comic Strip Center. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Het Nederlands Stripmuseum in Groningen sluit de deuren op 1 mei 2014" (in Dutch). Boekendingen.nl. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Stripmuseum Groningen blijft open" (in Dutch). NOS.nl. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Huur Nederlands Stripmuseum opgezegd" (in Dutch). DVHN.nl. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d (in Dutch) Intermuseaal Extra Februari 2008, Museumhuis Groningen, 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e (in Dutch) Bezoekcijfers musea aangesloten bij Museumhuis Groningen, Museumhuis Groningen. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
External links edit
- (in Dutch) Het Nederlands Stripmuseum, official website
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