"Amsterdam in the Attic must be a welcoming and inspiring meeting place where visitors can get to know the values that the museum stands for and to share experiences and knowledge."
Judikje Kiers, director Museum ‘Our Lord in the Attic’
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"Since 1888 Museum ‘Our Lord in the Attic’ was visited daily, first by several hundred people each year and now by almost 90,000. Therefore, we have extended the museum into a second building in order to preserve this unique historic house for the future, complete with context and stories. The new, expanded museum offers space for public facilities appropriate for a modern museum and meetings, stories and education will soon play a prominent role.
During reconstruction, the museum will remain open and completion is expected in mid 2013."
Judikje Kiers, director Museum ‘Our Lord in the Attic’
Amsterdam in the Attic
Museum Experience - opening 2013
Interactive installation
Museum ‘Our Lord in the Attic’ is a 17th Century canal house with an authentic, beautifully preserved ‘hidden church’ where Catholics used to worship at a time when their religion was forbidden in the Netherlands. The neighbouring house has been acquired as part of a major refurbishment and there are exciting plans for the upper two floors—‘Amsterdam in the Attic.’
‘Amsterdam in the Attic’ will be an interactive installation that takes the theme of religious tolerance inspired by the hidden church and brings it up to date. The Dutch of the past dealt with religious differences in certain ways and the installation aims to make transparent how we deal with the same themes today. In effect, the museum will be acting as a facilitator for a discussion that not only occurred in the past, but which is extremely relevant in our modern age.