STRAAT Museum

STRAAT Museum

Main facade
Established	October 9, 2020
Location	NDSM-plein 1, 1033 WC Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°24′7″N 4°53′38″E
Type	Street art
Visitors	120,000 (2022) 200,000 (2023)
Curator	David Roos
Public transit access	Bus: 35, 36, 391, 394
Website	straatmuseum.com
Area	86,000 sq ft (8,000 m2)

The STRAAT Museum is an art museum of street art and graffiti located in the NDSM neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Opened on October 9, 2020, its 86,000 sq ft space contains a permanent exhibition with more than 180 works from over 170 artists, as well as a mezzanine gallery that houses temporary exhibitions by up-and-coming artists. The façade and exterior walls also features several murals, with the most prominent being a 2016 depiction of Anne Frank by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra.

In 2023 the museum had an estimated 200,000 visitors.

History

The space housing the museum is a former welding warehouse later repurposed to contain part of the IJ-hallen, the largest flea market in Europe.

Owner Peter Hoogerwerf reached out to curator David Roos (who would later become Head Curator of the museum) to help decorate the marketplace, bringing inside some of the street art adorning the NDSM. The collection grew rapidly, and at the end of 2015 the two decided to turn the whole space into a museum. After a few slowdowns, like a leaking roof deemed unsafe and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum opened on October 9, 2020.

Collection

The museum houses more than 180 works from over 170 artists, most of which are new artworks that were created onsite.

The collection includes work from notable street artists such as:

• Eduardo Kobra
• Cornbread
• SJK 171
• Buff Monster
• Royyal Dog
• Shepard Fairey
• Guido van Helten
• Julio 204
• Inkie