{"id":78424,"date":"2025-12-19T17:14:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=78424"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:16:49","slug":"allard-pierson-museum-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/allard-pierson-museum-geschiedenis\/","title":{"rendered":"Allard Pierson Museum: archaeological treasures and university history"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Allard Pierson Museum is named after the first professor of classical archaeology at the University of Amsterdam. Officially opened in 1934, the museum houses extensive collections representing various ancient civilizations, including Egypt, the Near East, the Greek world, Etruria and the Roman Empire.<\/h2>\n<p>The museum building stands on the Oude Turfmarkt and is a national monument. In 2021, it was thoroughly renovated by Atelier PRO, who added a new exhibition space and restored the historic parts of the building. In the process, a modern, transparent wing was added, connecting the old and new sections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78463\" title=\"allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/allard-pierson-museum-amsterdam_1.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Within the building is, among other things, a gypsum library in the attic, a distinctive element that underscores the museum's connection to its academic background. The museum functions simultaneously as a knowledge institute for the university and a public exhibition space.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Within the building is, among other things, a gypsum library in the attic, a signature element that underscores the museum's connection to its academic background.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Allard Pierson Museum plays an important role in the preservation and presentation of archaeological heritage and university history, in the midst of a historic environment that reflects the city's rich history.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Allard Pierson Museum is named after the first professor of classical archaeology at the University of Amsterdam. Officially opened in 1934, the museum houses extensive collections representing various ancient civilizations, such as Egypt, the Near East, the Greek world, Etruria and the Roman Empire. The museum building is located on the Oude Turfmarkt and is a national monument. ... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/allard-pierson-museum-geschiedenis\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":78460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[10924],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-78424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","tag-musea-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[78462,78461],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Ontdek de rijke collecties uit de klassieke oudheid in het gerenoveerde museum aan de Oude Turfmarkt","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Het Allard Pierson Museum, onderdeel van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, is een verzamelplek voor archeologische vondsten uit de oudheid. Sinds 1934 opent het museum de deuren voor bezoekers en wetenschappers om artefacten uit onder andere Egypte, Griekenland en Rome te bekijken in een monumentaal gebouw dat recent is gerenoveerd.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Allard Pierson Museum","adres":"Oude Turfmarkt 127","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.allardpierson.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78464,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78424\/revisions\/78464"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78461"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78424"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=78424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}