Curious about what kind of exhibitions were on display in the past at the Dutch Silver Museum in Schoonhoven? Check out this overview of the exhibitions of the past years.
February 21, 2025
Speaking in Silence
February 21 till March 23, 2025
The exposition based on the works from the second round of participants of project ‘Sprekend Zilver’.
December 18, 2024
Night mayor chain 2024
December 18, 2024 till February 9, 2025
New concept of the night mayor’s chain created by Vakschool students can be admired in the Dutch Silver Museum.
December 17, 2024
Ans van Zeist
December 17, 2024 till February 17, 2025
An exhibition about the impressive life and work of Ans van Zeijst (1906-1988).
November 21, 2024
On Visit
November 21, 2024 t/m March 13, 2025
Project ‘Kunst over de Vloer’ brings the World of Silver to the elderly with the traveling exhibition On Visit.
November 7, 2024
Gunst Baart Kunst
November 7, 2024 t/m February 9, 2025
This exhibition honors the generous donors who have enriched the collection and contributed to the museum’s continued existence.
July 2, 2024
Miniatures & Masterpieces
July 2 till December 15, 2024
Exam students from the Vakschool in Schoonhoven present their final exam work in the Silver Museum.
May 20, 2024
City Pearls
May 20 & 21, 2024
A very temporary pop-up exhibition named ‘City Pearls’ (NL: Stadsparels) presented in the Forge of the Dutch Silver Museum in Schoonhoven.
April 12, 2024
ZilVERbinding
April 12 till May 13, 2024
The first round of the Speaking Silver project. In 12 weeks, a group of young people worked on a piece of jewelry that was meaningful to them.
April 9, 2024
ZilverStiQSel
April 9 till June 9, 2024
In the exhibition ZilverStiQSel, the members of the artist collective StiQS connect the materials textile and metal.
February 29, 2024
Anke AMO Akerboom – A Jewel of a Feast
February 29 till October 27, 2024
Exhibition ‘A Jewel of a Feast’ shows an overview of the work of goldsmith and jewelry designer Anke AMO Akerboom from the past 45 years.
December 22, 2023
Spooning
December 22, 2023 till April 6, 2024
A private donation of 25 occasional spoons are collected together in exhibition ‘Spooning’ (NL: Lepeltje Lepeltje).
November 7, 2023
The secret of the Orange Cup
November 7, 2023 t/m January 29, 2024
Sub-exhibition ‘The secret of the Orange Cup‘ in the Hernhutter Huis Museum, near Zeist Castle and exhibition: Zeist silver for three princesses.
October 12, 2023
Helene Kröller-Müller
October 12, 2023 till September 29, 2024
An exhibition about Helene Kröller-Müller’s table silver, designed by the architects Berlage and Van de Velde.
July 6, 2023
Masterpieces and Miniatures 2022-2023
July 6 till December 9, 2023
Exam students from the Vakschool in Schoonhoven present their final exam work in the Silver Museum.
June 17, 2023
Pewter on Display
June 17, 2023 till February 16, 2024
In the exhibition ‘Pewter on Display’, the Dutch Silver Museum reveals the richness of the age-old material pewter.
February 16, 2023
The winning ticket
February 16 till September 24, 2023
In the 15th century, lotteries were created simultaneously in the Netherlands and Italy. The first lotteries had silver as the main prize. In the exhibition ‘The Winning Ticket‘, silver prizes in the historic Dutch Lottery can be seen in the Dutch Silver Museum in Schoonhoven.
2022
Messenger’s boxes from Schieland
2022
Admire the Schieland messenger boxes from the time of the Old Dutch Waterline! What did they look like? And what were they used for?
November 1, 2022
Pop-up exhibition: Modern work by Daan Brouwer
November 1, 2022 till July 2, 2023
The Silver Museum is exhibiting various objects by Daan Brouwer from a recent donation to CHA.
October 13, 2022
Brut!
October 13, 2022 till June 5, 2023
From October 13, 2022 till June 5, 2023 you can visit the exhibition Brut! by father and son Thalen in the Dutch Silver Museum in Schoonhoven, the Netherlands. Like the famous champagne Brut, the objects represent fineness, sparkles and are a bit rough on the edges at the same time.
June 23, 2022
Chain reaction from Corinne van der Kamp
June 23 till September 4, 2022
Corinne van Kamp started a special project to draw attention to climate change. This resulted in the work: Chain reaction.
June 22, 2022
Christa Ehrlich
June 22 till October 31, 2022
Discover the world of Christa Ehrlich: twentieth-century designer and silversmith.
March 12, 2022
Chained with meaning
March 12 till June 6, 2022
The Silver Museum displays the official chains of the former municipalities of Krimpenerwaard.
February 19, 2022
Masterpieces 2020-2021
February 19 till June 6, 2022
Exam students from the Vakschool in Schoonhoven present their final exam work in the Silver Museum.
January 27, 2022
Secret of the smith
December 11, 2021
Strings Attached
December 11, 2021 till October 2, 2022
Admire the work of wire artists Maja Houtman and Karin Kortenhorst. One makes large, space-filling objects and the other very fine wearable objects from silver wire.
2021
Silver Castle Chambord
2021
The 76-year-old silversmith from Alphen has made a model of the French castle Chambord. He has worked on the castle for almost nine years, which has been about 6500 hours in total. It has been recreated down to the smallest detail. A true work of silver that has been forged with much love, attention and craftsmanship. . A must see silver castle!
February 18, 2021
Ground Hope, Jan van Nouhuys
february 18, 2021 till January 9, 2022
Silver artist Jan van Nouhuys takes the visitor on a journey to a beacon of light on the horizon in the exhibition ‘Ground Hope’. At the same time as the opening, the new book ‘Silver Art – Jan van Nouhuys, Founder of Dutch Contemporary Silver Art’ has been presented.
November 19, 2020
Dual exposition: Pauline Barendse & Jan Matthesius
November 19, 2020 till November 28, 2021
Smiths Pauline Barendse and Jan Matthesius explore the boundaries of the impossible.
June 2, 2020
OPEN UP! Hammerclub
June 2 till September 13, 2020
International exhibition OPEN UP: For the first time in history, more than 70 modern silver objects from all over the world can be seen in Schoonhoven. The works were made for the annual meeting of the HammerClub. The exhibition is a collaboration with Zadkine Vakschool Schoonhoven on the occasion of their 125th anniversary and an inspiration for students and teachers.
June 2, 2020
Boudoir
June 2, 2020 till Januari 31, 2021
The Boudoir. A subject that appeals to the imagination and at the same time raises questions. Because what exactly is a boudoir? And was it really spicy or secretly still pretty decent? For only the rich or also the poor? Outwardly or inwardly? The experience surrounding the boudoir is one of the many controversies that have arisen in the course of history. A contradiction that plays a greater role in today’s society than ever before. Because everything is changing, but so much is still exactly the same.
November 7, 2019
Daan Brouwer ‘Phanta Rhei’
November 7, 2019 till January 26, 2020
With silver as a constant foundation, this exhibition shows the continuous change of form in the light of ‘Everything flows, nothing remains’.
June 27, 2019
Dynasty, From Kempen and Begeer
Prosperity and adversity, attraction and rejection, intrigues and royal ambitions characterised the van Kempen and Begeer dynasties. Powerful families with royal ambitions; manufacturers who had the world and real royalty as their customers. Constantly busy to gain or keep power. Great and compelling in everything they did. A long and rich history in Silver. Craftsmanship, commercial spirit, innovation, design, daring and drive, social and generous brought them as manufacturers of Silver utensils to the highest spheres at home and abroad.
June 7, 2019
Stokroos Stipendium 2018 by Envisions
June 7, 2019
By bending, reflecting, guiding and structuring, envisions, in collaboration with the Dutch Silver Museum Schoonhoven, was experimentally guided by the versatile properties of silver wire. This refined version of silver was widely used in traditional crafts, because the delicate contours allow for a wide range of shapes and volumes. With mass-producible applications as a starting point, envisions’ work presents a contemporary vision of this precious material, with the aim of stimulating its sustainable development in the industry.
October 4, 2018
Designed by Nature
October 4, 2018 till June 10, 2019
For centuries, nature has been a source of inspiration for artists and craftsmen. A source of inspiration, in form or material. Also for gold and silversmiths. Nature in all its variations, sometimes literally, wrapped in gold and silver. As if frozen in time and space by precious metal. What would it be like if you were to put these animals, flowers and plants back into nature. Made by people, in a shiny material, immovable? What stark contrast would that make with the lively and ever-moving nature? An exhibition, designed by nature.
2018
Schoonhoven Silver Award
2002 till 2018
The Schoonhoven Silver Award is an initiative of the Stichting Zilverkunst. Schoonhoven Silver Award 2018 again strives for public outreach, broadening and innovation of traditional silversmithing. Even more than before, the Dutch Silver Museum Schoonhoven wants the competition to align with one of the spearheads in its policy: stimulating the use of new techniques and innovation. In this edition, innovation is sought in the renewal of old, proven and traditional techniques, and preserving intangible heritage by breathing new life into it.
July 5, 2018
Masterpieces 2018
July 5 till September 16, 2018
Students of the gold or silversmithing course at the Vakschool complete their training with a Proof of Competence, their Masterpiece.
April 17, 2018
Celebrate!
April 17 till September 16, 2018
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Dutch Silver Museum, the French silver house Christofle has made a large part of its collection available for the exhibition Celebrate! (NL: FEEST!). Large silver and silver-plated works that are used for festive occasions or are specially made for festive events.
April 6, 2018
Paul de Vries
April 6 till July 1, 2018
With heart, head, hands and hammers. The art of silversmithing is: with heart and head directing the hands with hammers. By sight, hearing and feeling. Everything in your body participates. The material patiently allows itself to be transformed into what the mind has in mind. The end result is the sum of material, craftsmanship and creativity.
An exhibition of the work from Paul de Vries.
Juli 2017
Masterpieces 2017
Juli till October 22, 2017
Students of the gold or silversmithing course at the Vakschool complete their training with a Proof of Competence, their Masterpiece.
June 15, 2017
Silver Design in Time
June 15, 2017 till March 4, 2018
An overview exhibition of silver design objects from more than 100 years of Dutch silver industry. The exhibition shows the history of design in the silver industry. The rise, glory days and stagnation in the Netherlands. And the Dutch successes abroad.
2017
Stokroos Stipendium 2017 – Transcience – bowls by Lex Pott
2017
Lex Pott has been selected for the grant from Stichting Stokroos. The request to create a silver object for the permanent collection of the Dutch Silver Museum in Schoonhoven was answered with a Transience bowl and dish of oxidized silver that he created together with David Derksen. In the colorful series, silver is not polished to a shine, but the pure beauty of the aging process is shown in all its glory.
October 13, 2016
Crowned!
October 13, 2016 extended till June 5, 2017
Dress to impress with Royal Designs, double exhibition with Museum Rijswijk.
