What a Museum did to attract people

[LONDONER]

If this has been posted before my apologies. It's a wonderfully inventive idea.

The Rijksmuseum in Holland had an idea: Let's bring the art to the people and then, hopefully, they will come to see more - at the museum.

They took one painting of Rembrandt from 1642, "The Night Watch" and brought to life the characters in it, placed them in a busy mall and the rest you can see for yourself!

[VileKyle]

It's "The Night Watch"

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of Rembrandt. This is also my favorite painting of his besides his amazing series of self-portraits. I really wish I could live closer to some better museums like this.

[freelandia]

This one's for you.
See 12:44.

[LONDONER]

It's "The Night Watch"

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of Rembrandt. This is also my favorite painting of his besides his amazing series of self-portraits. I really wish I could live closer to some better museums like this.

Yes VileKyle, I knew it was "The Night Watch but in the e-mail that was sent to me it was described as "The Guards of the Night". At 7am my brain wasn't fully awake and all I could come up with at that time of the day was "The Night Guard". I've changed it now. Couldn't do it earlier, I've just come back from a sweaty two hour jog.

I have no idea what the title is in the original Dutch and maybe it is "The Guards of the Night". Maybe some kind person from the Netherlands can enlighten us.

[sillyboy86]

Nice and entertaining, gosh, this is another thing that make me really upset, i really like the organizations of many Museums and Art-Galleries around Europe, London, (), Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid etc...
To be honest I find very interesting and useful even many little activities, like workshop, conferences, events for various target etc, and I see there are many of these things in some places.
I would like to work in this environment.

And then, I think about Italy, I compare those to 'ours' we have the biggest artistic heritage in the world (over the 50% of the Art in the entire planet)... And we leave a great part of this immeasurable heritage at his destiny...
Art could and should be the biggest part of our economy and progress... But our Government invest less than the 4% or a similar amount for Art & Culture (Both fkn'hell, both!!!)
Sorry for the vent.

[southbiochem]

This is a smart iniciative!

Go Nederlanders!