Here is some info on the museum:
Tassenmuseum Hendrikje
On display in the Tassenmuseum Hendrikje is a selection illustrating five hundred years of the history of bags in the Western world, from the late Middle Ages (16th century) to the present day. The Museum is responsible for a collection of over 3,500 bags, pouches, purses, suitcases and accessories; no other museum in the world has such an extensive collection under its management.
The collection presents a fascinating picture of the development bags underwent through the ages with regard to purpose, shape, material and decoration. Because of their great diversity, bags are highly interesting accessories with a rich history. In many ways, bags have been influenced on the one hand by social developments and on the other hand by changing styles in applied art and fashion.
Tassenmuseum Hendrikje’s large collection demonstrates that an object of daily use can be quite captivating and that it is always part of a process of continual change. This is the reason why the Museum stimulates young designers by giving them the opportunity to display their work and to sell it in the museum shop as well as online.
Hendrikje Museum of Bags is located in a historic building, dating back to 1664, on Herengracht 573 in the old city of Amsterdam. The mansion is part of a unique row of four buildings that were constructed in the same period; they share a common roof ridge-piece and have the same lay-out. Two period rooms in the building, featuring painted ceilings and beautiful mantelpieces from the 17th and 16th century, are open to the public.
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