Explore the Van Gogh Museum Netherlands

“For me, not an art student, Van Gogh was revealed to me through the process of walking through his museum in Amsterdam. The first time I went I was there alone, so I didn’t have to worry about anyone else and I spent my time looking at every painting and read every placard and citation. The process of his development was so interesting and his lack of success throughout that process and its effect on his mental health was so depressing. I found the presentation of all of that and the way they laid it all out in that museum to be such an interesting journey. My first two trips there were for work and the third was all vacation. Being with my wife while she experienced it for the first time made it brand new for me all over again. Saying my life was changed would be an overstatement but it was one of the best experiences I’ve had at an art museum on the first trip and my subsequent trips rank pretty high as well; I usually prefer museums focusing on science, natural history or anthropology”

“Myself and my partner were travelling Amsterdam recently and we decided to visit the Van Gogh museum. It’s stunning, such a beautiful experience seeing all the art they have on display. They have the largest collection of Van Gogh in one place and the museum is so well thought out. The building itself was spectacular. Anyway, we were walking through the yellow collection and you turn corners leading into the art display walls. Sort of like a maze until it opens out to one of the versions of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. I didn’t realise it would be the first painting on display and this created a wow factor. I decided to film the entire “walking in to the place and the suspense of what was around the corner.”