STRAAT Museum
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The STRAAT Museum is an art museum of street art and graffiti located in the NDSM neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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| Established | October 9, 2020 |
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| Location | NDSM-plein 1, 1033 WC Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°24′7″N 4°53′38″E |
| Type | Street art |
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| Public transit access |  Bus: 35, 36, 391, 394 |
| Website | straatmuseum |
| Area | 86,000 sq ft (8,000 m2) |
Opened on October 9, 2020,[2] its 86,000 sq ft space contains a permanent exhibition with more than 180 works from over 170 artists,[3] as well as a mezzanine gallery that houses temporary exhibitions by up-and-coming artists.[4] The façade and exterior walls also features several murals, with the most prominent being a 2016 depiction of Anne Frank by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra.[5]
In 2024 the museum had an estimated 220,000 visitors.[6]
History
The space housing the museum is a former welding warehouse later repurposed to contain part of the IJ-hallen,[4] the largest flea market in Europe.[7]
Owner Peter Hoogerwerf reached out to curator David Roos[8] (who would later become Head Curator of the museum)[9] to help decorate, bringing inside some of the street art adorning the NDSM.[4] The collection grew rapidly, and at the end of 2015 the two decided to turn the whole space into a museum. After a few slowdowns, like a leaking roof deemed unsafe and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum opened on October 9, 2020.[2]