Friends excursion 2025
Saturday, July 5
This summer the Friends excursion will focus on the exhibitions Longing for Egmond. So this year we will stay close to home and visit Egmond Abbey. Here we will follow in the footsteps of the artists who were inspired by the beautiful surroundings centuries ago.
The striking ruins of the once influential abbey were an important source of inspiration for seventeenth-century artists such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobbema and Claes Jacobsz van der Heck. At the end of the nineteenth century, picturesque Egmond was rediscovered by American artists Gari Melchers and George Hitchcock, who settled there amidst the locals in the unspoiled fishing village.
The program is divided into a tour of the Abbey that takes us to the monumental abbey church, the butterfly garden and the historic abbey grounds from the Middle Ages with the picturesque Neighborhood Church. In addition, you will get to work yourself with a watercolor workshop in the Abbey garden, as the artists did during the Art Summer School. In between there will be an organized lunch.
Program
09:30 a.m. Gather at Egmond Abbey
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. Coffee with something sweet
10:30 a.m. Split into two groups. Tour and workshop both last about 1.5 hours
12:00 p.m. Lunch
13:00 Change of groups
14:30 Opportunity to visit the abbey store and view each other's work
3:00 p.m.: End
Information
Both the workshop and the tour are wheelchair accessible. In fine weather, it is recommended that you bring a sun hat or cap. The museum will provide plenty of water.
Sign up
The price for the excursion is €45 per person. As a Friend you may bring one guest. You can register until June 23 at the latest using the form below or by transferring the amount to NL97ABNA0465821138 in the name of Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar. If you transfer the money, don't forget to include the name of the participants and a phone number in the comment field. For questions, please contact Nadine Filarski at vrienden@museumalkmaar.nl or by phone at 072-5489789
Disclaimer
This event will take place subject to sufficient registrations.
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