The Stedelijk Museum Breda, formerly the Museum of the Image (MOTI), is a

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for visual culture in

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in the

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. The museum focuses on film, design, photography, fashion, visual arts, architecture, science, and gaming. MOTI closed from 1 January 2017 with the intention of reopening the building in spring 2017 as Stedelijk Museum Breda, a merger with Breda's Museum.

History

Netherlands has been home to designers including

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and Anthon Beeke. The Graphic Design Museum offers an international podium for established designers and new talent. On January 1, 2008, The Beyerd became an independent organisation and was known as the ''Graphic Design Museum Beyerd Breda''. The official reopening took place on 11 June 2008, in a dedication presided over by

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. On 9 December 2011 the museum changed its name to Museum Of The Image (MOTI). The current director of the museum is artist/designer Mieke Gerritzen. The museum has a partial 1963-1980 archive of the

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on loan (long-term) from the NAGO. The Graphic Design Museum is also

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, and has a shop, a café and an auditorium. Furthermore, the museum publishes its very own Museum Magazine, and has an education program for both Elementary schools as well as Academic Colleges.

Building

MOTI is housed in one of the oldest buildings in Breda. Mention is first found of it in the archives of 1246 as a hospice in Breda. The function of a hospice at the time was to provide care and shelter to pilgrims and other strangers. The De Beyerd building lay just outside the built-up area on the road which led to Den Bosch. There was a city gate near to De Beyerd, which was known as the Hospice Gate. In 1956 it became a cultural centre, the Beyerd. Between 1980 and 2005 it remained a centre for the illustrative art, especially

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. The building has been a national heritage site (''

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'') since 1966.Monumentnummer: 10106

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. Retrieved on 12 December 2014.

Activities

Besides the prominent exhibitions, the Graphic Design Museum also organizes multiple activities like tours, workshops and children's parties.

References

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