STRAAT Museum
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| caption = Main facade
| established = October 9, 2020
| location = NDSM-plein 1,
1033 WC Amsterdam, Netherlands
| type = Street art
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| curator = David Roos
| publictransit = 15px Bus: 35, 36, 391, 394
| website = {{URL|https://straatmuseum.com/}}
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The STRAAT Museum is an art museum of street art and graffiti located in the NDSM neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Opened on October 9, 2020,{{Cite web |last=Bogojev |first=Sasha |date=2020-10-21 |title=STRAAT: The Museum for Graffiti and Street Art has Opened in Amsterdam |url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/news/straat-the-museum-for-graffiti-and-street-art-has-opened-in-amsterdam/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20201115144417/https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/news/straat-the-museum-for-graffiti-and-street-art-has-opened-in-amsterdam/ |archive-date=2020-11-15 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Juxtapoz Magazine |language=en-gb}} its 86,000 sq ft space contains a permanent exhibition with more than 180 works from over 170 artists,{{Cite web |title=About us street art and graffiti museum STRAAT Amsterdam |url=https://straatmuseum.com/en/about-us |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=STRAAT Museum |language=en}} as well as a mezzanine gallery that houses temporary exhibitions by up-and-coming artists.{{Cite web |last=Pope |first=Alex |title=STRAAT: Europe’s Premier Street Art Museum |url=https://upmag.com/straat/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=UP MAGAZINE |language=en-US}} The façade and exterior walls also features several murals, with the most prominent being a 2016 depiction of Anne Frank by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra.{{Cite web |last=Ceaser |first=Jennifer |title=STRAAT Museum — Museum Review |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/activities/amsterdam/straat-museum |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}}
In 2023 the museum had an estimated 200,000 visitors.{{Cite web |title=STRAAT Museum Records Almost 200,000 Visitors in 2023 |url=https://straatmuseum.com/en/straat-museum-records-almost-200-000-visitors-in-2023 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=STRAAT Museum |language=en}}
History
The space housing the museum is a former welding warehouse later repurposed to contain part of the IJ-hallen, the largest flea market in Europe.{{Cite web |last=Wedia |date=2024-01-27 |title=IJ-Hallen - Europe's biggest flea market |url=https://www.iamexpat.nl/lifestyle/expat-events-festivals/ij-hallen-europes-biggest-flea-market |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=IamExpat |language=en-GB}}
Owner Peter Hoogerwerf reached out to curator David Roos{{Cite web |last=Jong |first=Fleur De |date=2022-04-28 |title=Street art |url=https://mastersexpo.com/en/kunst-van-de-straat/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=MASTERS EXPO |language=en}} (who would later become Head Curator of the museum){{Cite web |date=2024 |title=STRAAT Head Curator David Roos @ HKwalls |url=https://straatmuseum.com/en/blog/straat-hkwalls |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=STRAAT Museum |language=en}} to help decorate the marketplace, bringing inside some of the street art adorning the NDSM. The collection grew rapidly, and at the end of 2015 the two decided to turn the whole space into a museum. After a few slowdowns, like a leaking roof deemed unsafe and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum opened on October 9, 2020.
Collection
The museum houses more than 180 works from over 170 artists, most of which are new artworks that were created onsite.
The collection includes work from notable street artists such as:{{Cite web |title=STRAAT Collection / Paintings / Sculptures / Installations |url=https://straatmuseum.com/en/collection |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=STRAAT Museum |language=en}}