CC NL Vathorst, Amersfoort CollectionCentre, Netherlands Building by cepezed, Dutch Architecture Photos
CollectionCentre, CC NL Vathorst, Amersfoort
17 September 2021
Architect: cepezed, NL
Location: Vathorst district, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Photos by Lucas van der Wee
CC NL Vathorst district in Amersfoort Building
On Monday September 13, outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ingrid Van Engelshoven opened the new CollectionCentre Netherlands (CC NL ) in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. The non-permanently exhibited art and heritage pieces of the Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Paleis Het Loo and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands are brought together in the CC NL. cepezed and cepezed interior designed the building, in close collaboration with ABT for the stability, Valstar Simonis for the installations and Peutz for building physics and sustainability.
500,000 objects

The CC NL stores approximately half a million objects. These range from paintings to sculptures, jewellery, clothing, clocks, furniture and other objects of crafts and use. They come from all over Dutch history and from all walks of life. Examples are royal thrones and furniture from noble families, but also merry-go-round horses, historic bicycles, sleighs and a steam engine weighing more than 7,000 kilos. Together, the collections form ?the physical memory of the Netherlands?.

unique collaboration and facilities

Both organizationally and with regard to contents,...