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Stars of the Collection
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ANNUAL REPORT 2025
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Stars
Stars of the collection
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Good for the skin
The ancestor of brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is wine yeast: a genetic mix of single-celled micro-organisms that…
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Homegrown design
In the 1950s, this illuminated advertisement indicated that the premises housed a café. A ‘brown café,’ that is: a typical Dutch…
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Gentlemen of beer
In 1868, Gerard Adriaan Heineken created a furore on Amsterdam's Singelgracht with ‘Beiersch’ beer from his steam beer brewery…
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Land swap
Amsterdam, 11 August 1930, a time of crisis. Despite the apparent heat, people on the street are fully clothed. Young boys are…
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Fragment of a stylish past
On 22 April 1988, the staff and board members toasted the closing of the Amsterdam branch, in the Koelschip (Coolship) on…
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Between art and commerce
Piet Parra (Pieter Janssen, 1976) is an all-round artist and has grown internationally into a typical Amsterdam brand. With his…
