{{Infobox museum | name = Press Museum | native_name = Persmuseum | native_name_lang = nl | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Persmuseum, Amsterdam.JPG | image_upright = 1.2 | alt = | caption = Museum in 2013 | map_type = Netherlands Amsterdam | map_relief = | map_size = 250px | map_caption = Location in Amsterdam | coordinates = {{coord|52.3692|4.9398|region:NL-NH|display=inline,title}} | former_name = | established = 1902<!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | dissolved = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = Zeeburgerkade 10<ref>[https://www.amsterdam.nl/toerisme-vrije-tijd/stadspas/kortingsgids/musea/persmuseum/ Persmuseum] (in Dutch), Municipality of Amsterdam. Retrieved 20 April 2016.</ref><br />[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]] | type = [[Heritage centre|Heritage museum]] | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = 7,831 (2014)<ref name="Museums Results 2014">{{cite web|title=Museums Results 2014|url=http://amsterdam.toeristischebarometer.nl/Module/Index/0?year=2014&focusedChartType=1|publisher=Toeretische Barometer|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref> | founder = | director = <ref>{{cite web|title=Medewerkers|url= http://persmuseum.nl/over-het-museum/medewerkers/ |website=Persmuseum|accessdate=1 October 2015 |language=Dutch}}</ref> | president = | chairperson = | curator = | historian = | owner = | public_transit = | parking = | network = | website = {{URL|persmuseum.nl}} | embedded = }}
The '''Press Museum''' ({{langx|nl|Persmuseum}}) is a [[museum]] of journalistic heritage in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], that became part of the [[Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Geschiedenis {{!}} Beeld & Geluid | url=https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/organisatie/persmuseum-en-beeld-en-geluid-verder-als-een-organisatie | access-date=2025-04-05 | website=www.beeldengeluid.nl}}</ref>
== History == The museum ({{langx|nl|Persmuseum|links=no}}) was established in 1902.<ref name="Visitatie Rapport, p. 6">{{cite web|title=Visatie Rapport|url=http://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/6-Publicaties/Bestanden/Visitatie-Persmuseum.pdf|website=museumvereniging.nl|publisher=Museum Vereniging|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref>
In 1989, the collection of the museum was moved to the building of the [[International Institute of Social History]] in Amsterdam. Since 2001, the museum has its own permanent exhibition space at this location.<ref name="Visitatie Rapport, p. 6"/> In 2001, an exhibition space was opened.
== Permanent collection == The permanent collection has not changed since it opened in 2001.<ref name="Visitate Rapport, p. 13">{{cite web|title=Visitatie Rapport|url=http://www.museumvereniging.nl/Portals/0/6-Publicaties/Bestanden/Visitatie-Persmuseum.pdf|publisher=Museum Vereniging|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref> The museum has been collecting since 1902,<ref name="Visitate Rapport, p. 13" /> and the collection dates back to 1610.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nederlands Persmuseum (Dutch Press Museum)|url=http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visiting/what-to-do/museums-and-galleries/museums/nederlands-persmuseum-dutch-press-museum|website=iAmsterdam|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref> The collection is divided into three major categories: magazines, political cartoons, and archives.<ref name="Visitate Rapport, p. 13"/>
== Temporary exhibitions == The museum also displays temporary exhibitions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Exposities|url=http://persmuseum.nl/expositie/|website=Persmuseum|accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref> One of their latest was on [[Charlie Hebdo]] soon after the attack there.<ref>{{cite web|title=Persmuseum eert Charlie Hebdo met expositie|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2012850-persmuseum-eert-charlie-hebdo-met-expositie.html|website=NOS|date=12 January 2015 |accessdate=27 August 2015}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://persmuseum.nl/}} (in Dutch) {{Authority control}}
[[Category:1902 establishments in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Mass media in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Museums established in 1902]] [[Category:Museums in Amsterdam]] [[Category:History of journalism]] [[Category:20th-century architecture in the Netherlands]]
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