Collection
ANNUAL REPORT 2023
Our Annual Report 2023 is available online. Click on the image to see what we have been up to in 2023.
Stars
Stars of the collection
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Church key opener
The long line of beer openers from the Heineken Collection nicely traces how beer packaging has changed over the years. This…
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Back in the home port
Delft-born artist Piet Cottaar junior (1908-1984) worked in Rotterdam almost his entire life, and for the same employer at that.…
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Looking to expand
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of the Netherlands, kicked off the operation of a complete brewery with this tiny beer…
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Touching base with beer
It is 1 June 1982. Alfred Henry Heineken , better known as Freddy, raises a toast in the Amsterdam Heineken Brewery on the…
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Man and machine in colourful chalk
In 1983-1984 the artist Bessel Kok (1927-1991) drew at Heineken in Amsterdam. He was particularly fascinated by the equipment…
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A masterful portrait
‘You’re not pulling my leg, are you?’ Freddy Heineken seems to be asking with that one permanently raised eyebrow. His…