• Spring naar de hoofdnavigatie
  • Door naar de hoofd inhoud
  • Spring naar de eerste sidebar
  • Spring naar de voettekst

Het Schelpenmuseum Amsterdam

Museum and shop

  • Museumshop
    • Shells / Schelpen
    • Jewelry / sieraden
    • Art / Kunst
    • Ethnography
    • Displays and cabinets
    • Seacreatures / zeewezens
  • Webshop
  • Agenda
  • Nieuws
  • Over ons
  • In de pers
  • Hoe kom je er?
    • Getting there

English

Albertus Seba, Amsterdam’s purveyor to Tsar Peter’s Kunstkamera 

The opening exhibition of the Amsterdam Shell Museum honours one of the founders of modern natural science, pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736) of Amsterdam. In 1700 Seba started collecting natural curiosities which he obtained from sailors returning to Amsterdam from distant parts of the world. In 1716 Seba sold his entire collection to tsar Peter the Great, who had it placed in his newly built Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg. Seba immediately began a new collection which he documented in colourful etchings, reproductions of which are used for this exhibition.

Gemma van Schendelen’s cabinets with beach finds can be viewed as modern variations of Albert Seba’s etchings. Just like Seba, the artist Van Schendelen is inspired by the diversity and the beauty of the forms and colours nature has to offer. In her work Van Schendelen searches for new abstract forms that are hidden in nature.

Primaire Sidebar

Heb je onze webshop al gezien?

Updates ontvangen? Meld u aan

    Footer

    Adres

    Czaar Peterstraat 249
    1018 PL Amsterdam
    Tel. +31 (0)20 2384123
    Contact

    Route

    Tram 26:
    vanaf Centraal Station Amsterdam, halte Rietlandpark.
    Tram 7:
    halte 1e Leeghwaterstraat

    Openingstijden

    Permanent gesloten

    Entree

    Gratis toegang
    Geen lift aanwezig
    Twee toegangstrapjes

    Copyright © 2023 · Showcase Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in