Top Ten on Tour: Masterpieces acquired for the Netherlands

The Kröller-Müller Museum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis have collaborated on a special project autumn 2017. From 4 October 2017 through 25 March 2018, the four museums will send ten masterpieces on tour to various museums in the Netherlands. The exhibition Top Ten on Tour: Masterpieces acquired for the Netherlands thanks to the BankGiro Lottery will feature works by renowned artists such as Rembrandt, Appel, Steen, Monet, and Picasso. All ten artworks are major acquisitions from the period 1999-2016 and were purchased thanks to the support from the participants of the BankGiro Lottery and other individuals, funds, businesses, and public money. A tour of outstanding examples of major acquisitions that were only made possible thanks to this financial support.

Top Ten Pieces on Tour: Masterpieces acquired for the Netherlands thanks to the BankGiro Lottery has the air of a pop-up exhibition; the artworks will travel to six different museums in the Netherlands and will be exhibited for three weeks at each venue. The presentation started on 4 October 2017 at the Mauritshuis in The Hague and will then travel to the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, TwentseWelle at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede, the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo. The tour will finish in March 2018 at the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht. In this way, the Dutch public will be reached in six different provinces.