Learn to act and direct this May holiday!
From 28 April to 12 May, visitors can take part in the free family workshop ‘CUT’. This will put you briefly in Rembrandt’s shoes. The workshop was developed in cooperation with Dutch film director Shady El-Hamus and his younger brother and actor Shahine El-Hamus, both Golden Calf winners and known from the Netflix series Crypto Boy, among others. Our museum teacher will teach you visual storytelling in 60 minutes. Among other things, you will learn the seven directing techniques Rembrandt applied to his works of art and you will get to work as a director yourself. The workshop is for ages 6 and up. Book your ticket quickly, because full = full.
The free workshops are co-sponsored by Bader Philanthropies. On 28 April, we will open the workshops with a small opening. Our director Milou Halbesma will hold an opening speech and the children will get a pastry*
The workshops are in Dutch
Go on a treasure hunt with dog Kwast
In the free Multimedia Tour, children, together with their parents/guardians, go on a quest through the museum to help Rembrandt create his greatest painting ever. They will be helped on this quest by Kwast, Rembrandt’s dog. Kwast is a bit of a naughty dog because actually he has to stay outside in the courtyard, but sometimes one of the maids lets him in and he can sniff around the house. An ideal tour guide and sleuth, then!
Times: daily during opening hours
Target group: children aged 6 to 12, parents
Free, available at the audio desk
Paint and etching demo’s
You can also learn how Rembrandt painted and etched. In the studio of one of the greatest artists in history, museum teachers will show you how to make paint and in the etching attic they will make an etching on a real etching press in front of you.
- Painting demo’s: 29 April en 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 May
- Etching demo’s: 28, 30 April en 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 May
- Time: Between 10.30 and 3.30.
- Language: Dutch and English
- Reservation not needed
- Free
*Museum Rembrandthuis commemorates Alfred Bader’s 100th birthday.
The Rembrandt House Museum joins many other institutions in celebrating the 100th birthday of the American collector and philanthropist Alfred Bader, born on 28 April 1924 in Vienna, Austria. A refugee of the Nazis, Bader was able to start a new life as a student at Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada, and move on to establish a major chemical company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Already early on, he developed a passion for art collecting, and for Rembrandt. He especially admired Rembrandt’s expression of emotions, his depiction of Old Testament Biblical themes, and his rendering of Jewish models. These aspects took on special significance in the wake of the Nazis and their dehumanizing racism. In order to share this art with a larger public, Bader lent regularly to exhibitions, also at Rembrandt House Museum. He passed away in 2018, and his wife Isabel in 2022, having left their art collection to public museums. Bader Philanthropies was established, bringing their legacy together with that of Alfred’s first wife, Helen (Daniel) Bader, to support various causes, including Alzheimer’s research, social equality, Jewish causes, as well as the promotion and enjoyment of art.
