{"id":79495,"date":"2026-03-04T11:15:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=79495"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:57:52","slug":"canal-museum-near-demolished-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/grachtenmuseum-bijna-gesloopt-tentoonstelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Expo 'Amsterdam, Almost Demolished' at Grachtenmuseum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\"Amsterdam, almost demolished\" is a temporary exhibition at the Grachtenmuseum, in a 17th-century canal house in the ring of canals. According to the museum calendar, the expo runs through March 29, 2026, and is part of the changing program on the history and protection of the area around the canals.<\/h2>\n<p>The exhibition revolves around twentieth-century renewal plans that should have altered or demolished large parts of the historic downtown. In different rooms you follow a chronological and thematic story. On tables and walls lie and hang city maps, technical drawings and models of planned traffic routes, office buildings and large-scale breakthroughs through existing neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79527\" title=\"amsterdam-near-demolished-title-exhibition-within-canals-museum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"amsterdam-near-demolished-title-exhibition-within-canals-museum\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/amsterdam-bijna-gesloopt-titel-tentoonstelling-binnen-grachtenmuseum.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The use of previously unpublished archival photographs, drawings, maps and protest posters is striking. The photographs show how planners and administrators wanted to adapt the ring of canals to automobile traffic and modern office life. In contrast, posters and pamphlets from residents, activists and heritage organizations opposed to the demolition of historic buildings and streets.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Notable is the use of previously unpublished archival photographs, drawings, maps and protest posters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\"Amsterdam, Almost Demolished\" thus connects old records from the archives with current discussions about urban development, mobility and heritage protection. By juxtaposing the original plans with the current streetscape, you can see how great an influence citizen protest and heritage activism has had on the appearance of the city today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/tag\/exhibitions\/\">Amsterdam Now Exhibitions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur-amsterdam\/\">Amsterdam Now Culture<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"Amsterdam, almost demolished\" is a temporary exhibition at the Grachtenmuseum, in a 17th-century canal house in the ring of canals. According to the museum calendar, the expo runs through March 29, 2026, and is part of the changing program on the history and protection of the area around the canals. The exhibition revolves around renewal plans from the ... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/grachtenmuseum-bijna-gesloopt-tentoonstelling\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":79515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[10923],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-79495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","tag-tentoonstellingen-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[79520,71596],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Tijdelijke expo \u201cAmsterdam, bijna gesloopt\u201d onthult sloopplannen \u00e9n het protest dat de binnenstad redde","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"In het Grachtenmuseum loopt nu de tijdelijke tentoonstelling \u201cAmsterdam, bijna gesloopt\u201d. In de stijlkamers van een 17e\u2011eeuws grachtenpand zie je hoe in de vorige eeuw grootschalige verkeersroutes, kantoren en sloopplannen zijn uitgetekend voor de binnenstad. Met onbekende foto\u2019s, kaarten, tekeningen en protestposters wordt duidelijk hoe bewoners en erfgoedclubs dat keerden.","rubriek":"Evenement","locatie_event":56466,"naam_locatie":"Amsterdam, bijna gesloopt","adres":"Herengracht 386","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/grachten.museum","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79495","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=79495"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79578,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79495\/revisions\/79578"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56466"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71596"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79495"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=79495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}