Abstract

The focus of this paper and case study is the public art Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, which will open in 2021 in Rotterdam. In our marketing campaign we present the Depot as the first fully public art storage facility in the world; but in fact, the development of opening up collections to the general public has been a focus for many institutions in the last decade. The concept of the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen relates to different strategies for making the collection accessible, from visible storage and visitable storage, to the older concept of collection study rooms and the presentations we intend to make in the two public galleries within the depot, on the topics of collection care and collecting. With the opening of this building, we aim to reach a wider audience than the one that normally visits the museum, whom we will address as fellow collectors and owners of this public collection.

While there are notable tensions between the public function of the building and the museum’s primary vocation to preserve the collection for future generations, this new space also has the advantage of placing ignored artworks in the spotlight. The Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen represents a new typology in the museum field, in particular in the visual arts; however, there are more initiatives on the way, including the V&A East in London or the Centre Pompidou’s new collection centre in the suburbs of Paris. A collection centre open to the public is not a feasible model for every museum, particularly because it is expensive and makes strong demands on organisations. In the future, we will face questions around unlimited collection growth and de-accessioning. Nonetheless, the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen represents an effort to keep the depository active and more accessible.

摘要

本文和案例研究的重点是公共艺术仓库 Boijmans Van Beuningen，该仓库将于 2021 年在鹿特丹开业。在我们的营销活动中，我们将 Depot 展示为世界上第一个完全公共的艺术存储设施；但事实上，向公众开放馆藏的发展在过去十年中一直是许多机构关注的焦点。Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen 的概念涉及到使馆藏易于访问的不同策略，从可见存储和可访问存储，到旧的馆藏学习室概念以及我们打算在仓库内的两个公共画廊中进行的展示，收藏关怀和收藏的主题。随着这座建筑的开放，我们的目标是接触到比通常参观博物馆更广泛的观众，

虽然建筑的公共功能与博物馆为子孙后代保存藏品的主要使命之间存在显着的紧张关系，但这个新空间也具有将被忽视的艺术品置于聚光灯下的优势。Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen 代表了博物馆领域的一种新类型，尤其是在视觉艺术领域；然而，还有更多的举措在路上，包括伦敦的 V&A East 或蓬皮杜中心在巴黎郊区的新收藏中心。向公众开放的收藏中心并不是每个博物馆都可行的模式，特别是因为它昂贵且对组织的要求很高。未来，我们将面临关于无限收藏增长和取消加入的问题。尽管如此，