Final week: the housing crisis at Museum Het Schip

Geen eigen huis: Wonen in crisis is on show until Sunday 11 October inclusive. The exhibition occupies a building that is itself part of the history of social housing.

A polder plan on paper: Van Scorel and Pé Okx in Alkmaar

From 10 October, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar brings an old map of the Zijpe together with contemporary art. Paper, linen and a digital landscape show how an idea for new land takes shape.

Broodnodig in Schiedam: art from the land to the table

Preparing grain, working in the kitchen and eating together find a place in Stedelijk Museum Schiedam from 10 October. Broodnodig connects paintings, drawings and films with the people behind a meal.

Final weekend: woven art from the TextielLab in Tilburg

Eleven works in Mens <3 Machine show how artists, weaving specialists and machines work together. The anniversary exhibition is approaching its final weekend; the museum's own website gives two end dates.

Digital gardens and drawing robots: Miguel Chevalier in Zwolle

Museum de Fundatie brings early computer art, interactive installations and work with AI together in Digital by Nature. The artist has spent decades exploring how digital images relate to nature.

Pop art icon Marisol back in Rotterdam: major survey in the Depot from 9 October

In the 1960s she became famous overnight, then faded from public memory. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen brings Marisol back, with more than eighty loans.

"Chez Matisse" at H'ART Museum: only the third major Matisse survey in the Netherlands

Since Saturday, H'ART Museum in Amsterdam has been showing more than eighty works from the Matisse collection of the Centre Pompidou, with "La Blouse roumaine" as a rare guest.

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam becomes a dance floor: DISCO exhibition from Saturday

From 10 October an entire floor of the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam turns into a dance floor. DISCO shows how the music of New York's underground clubs grew into a worldwide movement.

"Koffie?" at the Princessehof: a Dutch history in ceramics, with a free opening on Saturday

Cosy and comforting, but also bound up with colonialism and exploitation. From 10 October, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof in Leeuwarden tells the story of coffee through pots, jugs and services.

Plastic Sea, Perfect Storm: the world behind Spain's greenhouses at the Kunsthal

Photographer Rob Hornstra and writer Arnold van Bruggen show at Kunsthal Rotterdam how migrants work in the greenhouses around Almería, where fruit and vegetables are grown for the European market. On view since 3 October.

Greenhouses in Campo de Dalías near Almería, photographed from space by a NASA astronaut in February 2004. Archive image for illustration; not a photograph by Rob Hornstra or a view from 2026. NASA / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). EXIF orientation respected, converted to WebP; no crop, colour or contrast editing. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Preview: Paul Signac and his dots at the Kunsthal from 24 October

The Kunsthal in Rotterdam presents a major overview of Paul Signac, the master of Neo-Impressionism. Including his "Le port de Rotterdam" from 1907 and a look at his influence on Jan Toorop.

Paul Signac, Le port de Rotterdam (1907), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection. Reproduction via Google Art Project / Wikimedia Commons, marked as public domain; not a photograph of the 2026 exhibition. Paul Signac / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). EXIF orientation respected, converted to WebP; no crop, colour or contrast editing. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

History Month 2026: Body & Mind, and what museums do with it

Throughout October, the Dutch History Month revolves around body and mind. From ideals of beauty to care: this is how the theme looks back. And at Muiderslot castle you can weave, taste history or look at paintings after an hour of yoga.

Muiderslot castle in Muiden. Archive photograph, March 2011, for illustration; not a view of the October 2026 activities. Ludovic Hirlimann from 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). EXIF orientation respected, converted to WebP; no crop, colour or contrast editing. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Children's Book Week "Spot aan!": one more week, with a book party at CODA Museum

Tomorrow the second and final week of the Dutch Children's Book Week begins. The theme is performing, from singing to backstage. In Apeldoorn, CODA celebrates with a big party in its museum and library on Saturday 10 October.

The central entrance to CODA in Apeldoorn. Archive photograph, August 2019; not a view of the 2026 Children’s Book Week celebration. CODA Webmaster / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). EXIF orientation respected, converted to WebP; no crop, colour or contrast editing. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Last chance: these exhibitions close on Sunday 4 October

Pop art by Woody van Amen and Helen Levitt's street photographs at the Kunsthal, Arabic calligraphy at the National Museum of Antiquities and a family exhibition in Dordrecht: today is the last day.

The Kunsthal in Rotterdam. Archive photograph 2012; not a view of the 2026 exhibitions. Jeffrey Beall / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Resized and converted to WebP; same licence. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Willem de Kooning at work at the Rijksmuseum: a Rotterdammer returns with his drawings

From Friday 9 October 2026 the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam shows how Willem de Kooning worked. It is a major retrospective of his drawings, a hundred years after he left Rotterdam.

Willem de Kooning in Amsterdam in 1968; archive photograph, not a view of the 2026 exhibition. Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) · WebP. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Thyssen-Bornemisza komt naar het Mauritshuis: 25 topstukken in een eenmalige ruil met Madrid

Vanaf donderdag 15 oktober 2026 hangen in Den Haag werken van Van Eyck, Dürer en El Greco, terwijl Vermeers Gezicht op Delft in Madrid te zien is. Hoe werkt een museumruil, en waarom draait hij om liefde?

Jongen met tulband met een boeketje, circa 1658-1661, van Michael Sweerts; het schilderij hoort bij het Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. Michiel Sweerts / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) · WebP. Wikimedia Commons

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Monsters en mythische wezens in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden: een museumavontuur voor kinderen

Tijdens de Kinderboekenweek en de herfstvakantie van 2026 kunnen kinderen in Leiden terecht in een dichtgemetselde monsterzaal. Wie zijn die reuzenslang, Medusa en de sfinx, en welke verhalen horen erbij?

Gebakken klei-reliëf van Humbaba uit het Louvre in Parijs; geen object uit de Leidse tentoonstelling. Rama / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 fr) · WebP. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 fr

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Yoshitoshi, master of the moon, at the Van Gogh Museum: a hundred prints, one moon

Since Thursday 1 October 2026 the complete series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon has been on show at the Van Gogh Museum, for the first time. Who was its maker, what does the series show and how did it end up in Amsterdam?

Print from Yoshitoshi’s One Hundred Aspects of the Moon; not a photograph of the current museum gallery. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) · WebP. Wikimedia Commons

Operatie Nachtwacht in het Rijksmuseum: de vernislagen gaan eraf, en wat er daarna komt

Bijna twee jaar nadat de restauratie van de Nachtwacht begon, verwijderen de restauratoren in Amsterdam nog altijd de oude vernis. Wat is de huidige fase, wat ziet de bezoeker, en wat volgt?

Detail van het meisje in de goudkleurige jurk op Rembrandts Nachtwacht (1642); geen opname van de huidige restauratie. Rembrandt / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) · WebP. Wikimedia Commons

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A carpet the museum shows only half of

A carpet measuring 4 by 7.6 metres could cover an impressive area of floor. The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Bullerswood Carpet is instead displayed vertically, with only one half visible. That choice is about preservation: the museum says the carpet is periodically rotated to limit fading caused by light.

William Morris and John Henry Dearle / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)