Museumnacht010 at the Nederlands Fotomuseum
The Netherlands Fotomuseum, the National Museum of Photography, is open during Museumnacht010. Discover photography in our renewed museum in the Santos warehouse.
During Museumnacht010 you can explore Rotterdam’s museum world at more than 30 locations. There are around 100 exhibitions, performances, workshops, tours and dance floors.
Will you join us on Saturday 7 March?
Music programme
8 PM – 10 PM | DJ set: DJ Kesia
10 PM – 10:40 PM | LIVE: Pete Philly & Perquisite
10:40 PM – 1 AM | DJ set: DJ Cutnice & DJ Ray Escobar
Cyanotype workshop
Can you make a photograph without a camera? Yes, you can.
Discover how cyanotype works and make a blue print on a canvas tote bag using images from the Gallery of Honour and the collection of the Nederlands Fotomuseum.
Personalise your bag with a candy wrapper, flowers or something you have in your pocket.
Times: 8 PM – 10 PM and 10:30 PM – 12 AM
Price: €12.50 (including tote bag – available at the desk, card payment only)
Please note: only 100 tote bags are available.
Location: floor -1, education space
Pop-up photo studio with Flo Verhulst
Have your portrait taken in the pop-up studio by Flo Verhulst.
Times: 8 PM – 10 PM and 10:30 PM – 12 AM
Location: 1st floor, near the Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography
Guided tour for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors
The Nederlands Fotomuseum takes part in the second edition of the special museum route by Accessible Museum, in collaboration with Museumnacht010.
An NGT–NL interpreter will be present to guide deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors through the museum.
Time: 8 PM – 9:15 PM
Photography quiz: Rotterdam in Focus
How well do you know Rotterdam?
Join the photo quiz and win a year of free entry to the Nederlands Fotomuseum. You will also receive invitations to our exhibition openings. Three Friends memberships will be raffled among participants who answer all questions correctly.
Times: 8 PM – 1 AM
Location: 4th floor, near the exhibition Rotterdam in Focus
Food & drinks
Our bar is open all evening on the ground floor and the 6th floor. Feeling hungry? We also serve chicken sandwiches.
The Cocktail Bike
Cocktails & mocktails
The Nederlands Fotomuseum is located in the Santos warehouse, where coffee used to be stored. Will you try an espresso martini in Santos style?
Exhibitions in our renewed museum
We recently moved Nederlands Fotomuseum to Brede Hilledijk 95, and reopened in the renovated pakhuis Santos, a former coffee beans warehouse. During Museumnacht you can explore the opening exhibitions, the Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography and parts of the depot.
Rotterdam in Focus: The City in Photographs 1843 – Now shows how photographers have captured the city since the nineteenth century.
Awakening in Blue: An Ode to Cyanotype brings together fifteen artists working with cyanotype, one of the oldest photographic techniques.