The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (lit. Municipal Museum Amsterdam) is a museum for modern art in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is located at Museum Square, close to the Rijksmuseum,the Van Gogh Museum and the Concertgebouw.

Its collection includes a room painted by Karel Appel and a large collection of paintings by Kazimir Malevich, but the museum also houses important temporary exhibitions of modern art, design and photography.

The Museumplein venue is closed for renovation works - including the building of a new wing called 'the bathtub' -, scheduled to end in December 2009. Until October 2008, the Stedelijk had been temporarily relocated to a former postal building just east of the Central Station. Now, an initiative called Stedelijk Goes to Town is ongoing: the museum is organising exhibitions, projects, workshops and other activities throughout Amsterdam. Also, some temporary exhibitions are held in the new wing of the Van Gogh Museum.

Directors

• Jan Eduard van Someren Brand (1895–1906)
• Cornelis Baard (1906–1936)
• David Roëll (1936–1945)
• Willem Sandberg (1945–1963)
• Edy de Wilde (1963–1985)
• Wim Beeren (1985–1993)
• Rudi Fuchs (1993–2003)
• Hans van Beers (ad interim) (2003–2005)
• Gijs van Tuyl (2005–present)
• Ann Goldstein (Beginning January 2010)

References

External links

• Stedelijk Museum
• Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam