Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf District
Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
B.C. Koekkoek House Museum
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf District
Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
B.C. Koekkoek House Museum
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The Museum B.C. Koekkoek House is the former home of the Dutch painter Barend Cornelis Koekkoek and his family. The listed building in Kleve at Koekkoekplatz 1, formerly Kavarinerstraße 33, has been used as a museum since 1960. Under the name Municipal Museum House Koekkoek it served until 1997 as a museum of the city Kleve.Since 1997, when the Museum Kurhaus Kleve became the municipal museum, it is designated as Foundation B.C. Koekkoek House and as a special museum for the Dutch romantic painting around B.C. Koekkoek and his circle continued. It is financially supported by the B.C. Koekkoek House, an initiative of the Circle of Friends Museum Kurhaus and Koekkoek House Kleve, the NRW Foundation and the city of Kleve.(Https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.C._Koekkoek-Haus)
December 16, 2018
In 1961 one of Josef Beuys' first museum exhibitions took place here.
June 13, 2021
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