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HOLLAND 2009

THE ANNE FRANK MUSEUM

The Anne Frank Museum has its origins in the horrors of the Second World War and the writings of a girl in

his personal diary

The Anne Frank Museum is at 263 Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, and if not for the sad story that

announced the building would pass completely unnoticed, overshadowed by other buildings more attractive.

When the Germans occupied the city in 1940, a Jewish merchant named Otto Frank moved his business

Opekta devoted to trade in spices, Singel 400 Prinsengracht building. Like many of the houses in Amsterdam,

the new headquarters was also Opekta units in the fund, which called it "back home" (achterhuis). When the

deportations of Jews became more frequent, Otto Frank started to put this house back as a refuge where they

can hide in case of danger. That occurred on July 6, 1942. The family hid in the background: Otto, his wife Edith

and their daughters Margot and Anne, concealed entry through a library. A week later they joined the spouses

Van Pels and their son in November and a family friend, Fritz Pfeffer.

The eight people locked together in the house, aided by a few friends who knew them will provide shelter and

sustenance, until they were revealing never knew exactly by whom, and deported on August 4, 1944.

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Since the beginning of the running, the little that Ana had only 14 years, wrote in a notebook as a journal

his experiences in this field, its relations with other people, emotions and mood states, their own way to

adolescence. In his writings about his intention to become a writer and published her diary after the war

ended.

Anne did not survive the horrors of sports, like her sister Margot died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen, it is believed

that shortly before the Allies liberate the camp. Of the occupants of the house, only Otto Frank returned and it

was he who decided to publish the diary of his daughter, as was his wish.

When Otto returned, he was greeted warmly by friends and protectors and the house was still the

company headquarters, but was very poorly preserved and ready to be demolished along with other houses in

the environment. Otto Frank struggled to be actively preserved, which was under pressure and public support

and funds donated by the mayor of Amsterdam to reset it. On May 3, 1960 opened the Anne Frank House

museum, intended to modernize the "home front" to turn it into an international center for young and keep

the "back home" as a museum.

The popularity achieved by the publication of the diary of Anne Frank made a large number of visitors

came to the museum, which had to close a few times for maintenance and upgrades. Currently receives

around one million visitors a year, which are especially moved by visiting the "back home", which are still

preserved Ana photos and posters hit the walls, some with stripes that Otto was to mark on the wall the

growth of their daughters, a map of Normandy where Otto noted the progress of the allies and, of course, the

facsimiles of the diary of Anne, in fact composed of several loose-leaf notebooks and many. Also on display in

the museum a large quantity of personal property of the Frank family and the other co-shelter, as well as

material related to the publication of the newspaper, theatrical and cinematic adaptation, letters from

readers, and so on.

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Lorena Gomez Garcinuño.

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Greenhouse in Almere:

At 20 minutes in bicycle, in the countryside of Almere you can find the best place to relax and have a good

time, and you can see monkeys and other kind of animals. There is also a greenhouse, created by young

people, with different areas inside: a desert area, and a jungle area.

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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF

ANTIQUITES OF LEIDEN

History

The Museum of Antiquities opened in 1818, and over the years it has acquired an impressive collection of

Egyptian, Near East, Greek, and Roman artefacts. It's still a center for archaeological research, and museum

staff travel regularly to Egypt to conduct further excavations.

What to See

The first exhibit one comes to is the magnificent Egyptian Temple of Taffeh from the 1st century AD, a gift

from Egypt and the museum's pride and glory. The temple is in the lobby so that it can be seen for free by all

visitors - this was a condition of the gift. You can enter the small temple, where there is a Greek inscription and

a cross carved in the wall, showing later Christian use.

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Greek and Roman sculpture are well represented and there are some beautiful examples of Greek

decorated ceramics. The top floor provides an overview of the archaeological finds in the Netherlands from

prehistoric times to the early Middle Ages.

No visit to Leiden is complete without a stop in the magnificent National Museum of Antiquities

(Rijksmuseum van Oudheden), the most comprehensive museum of its kind in the Netherlands.

Alejandro Forte Diaz 4ºA

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PRISON ALMERE BUITEN-DE VAART

Almere`s prison is the only prison in this town.

It’s the place where the people addicted to drugs usually gone.

Inside of its, you can see the different areas of the prison : prisoner’s cells, the dinning room of the

jail, the gym, a little church where prisoners can pray and talk with the psychologist of the jail ...

In Holland there are a lot of different prisons with new special security systems.

This security systems can detected their emotions and they are analyzed in the control center of

the prison.

In the prison Buiten-de Vaart in Almere there are these security systems too, and so, the prisoners

are controlled every day by the guards and the prison personal.

Olatz Hidalgo Vilela

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Rembrandthuis

In Amsterdam you can see the house of Rembrandt, which is now a museum.

It is situated in Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This is the house in which Rembrandt

lived between 1639 and 1658. The museum it is called “Museum het Rembrandthuis” or “the Rembrandt

House Museum”.

In 1658 Rembrandt went bankrupt and all his property was inventoried, all his effects and collection of art

and curiosities were sold to different people.

Rembrandt moved to a smaller house on Rozengracht, were he lived until his death in 1669.

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HISTORY OF REMBRANDT

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden, July 15th 1606 and he died in Amsterdam, October

4th 1669. He is considered done of the most important painters of the European art history and the most

important in Holland.

He was an expert with the copperplates; he published a lot of drawings he made with technique. His art

contributions took place on the Dutch Golden Era, which happened around the XVII century.

This is an example of one of the drawings made with the copperplates technique we saw at the

Rembrandthuis.

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The complete collection of Rembrandt’s works contains near 854 paintings, 300 etchings and 2600

drawings. He also painted self-portraits.

This is good known painting by Rembrandt called De Nachtwacht. This painting can be seen in

the Rembrandthuis.

Sandra Martinez Perez 4ºA

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THE KUNSTLINIE THEATRE

Is located in Almere from to the Apollo Hotel, behind the shopping center

How to get there?

From Almere Central Station take bus 1 to eilandenbuurt, stop at Esplanade.

Or take bus 2 with direction Gooise Kant and stop at Esplanade.

Opening hours Daily, depending on classes, expositions and concerts

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Designed by Japanese Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa on the shore (and partly on top) of the

"Weerwater" lake that borders Almere's city center, the theatre is part of Rem Koolhaas’ master plan. It has

two large theatres, offices and a number of smaller performance, rehearsal, administrative, and support

spaces. "Even the small spaces need to have their own comfort. The big theatre is of course important, but the

piano studio is just as important to the person who comes for a piano lesson." These spaces connect through

each other, without corridors or hallways. This said Kazuyo Sejima, "allows people to choose their own

experience and enjoy the other functions of the building." All external facades are made of glass. Throughout

the building one finds light effects and views over the water. Thin walls, roofs and floors complete the design.

Schouwburg Almere and Kunstencentrum de Kunstlinie share the same complex and must be able to function

simultaneously and independently.

Standing amid this display of architectural feats, the new civic theatre and arts centre by SANAA is a

comparatively restrained work. Surrounded on three sides by the waters of an artificial lake, many different

functions are lined up here: workshops for painters and sculptors, rehearsal spaces, sound studios – used

partly by amateurs and partly by professionals – as well as three auditoriums in which stage performances,

concerts and congresses take place. One striking feature is the tight layout of the spaces, some of which are

directly accessible from the outside, others via patios and very short corridors.

Laura Vaquero Gomez

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THE BLOWBOAT

The blowboat is situated in Almere. It is a boat that is not used anymore for sailing. You can go there and

buy different types of drugs. It is a special kind of coffee shop. If you go with a whole group, the people that

worked there can give you a talk about the different types of drugs that they sell, about who the get the drugs

and about, of course, the bad things that have the drugs if we take them. Those talks are very interested for

young people, because they can learn the consequences that have to take drugs, and they can see how the

people work in the coffee shops. So, if you have the opportunity to go to one of these places, go, because you

are going to learn a lot and you are going to have a very good time too!

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Maria Retamar Garcia 4ºA

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TROPENMUSEUM

Tropenmuseum or the Museum of the Tropics is one of the anthropological and ethnographic museums,

and more important in Europe renowned for its important collection of art objects, photographs, music and

films related to the cultures of tropical and subtropical regions that were linked to the Netherlands during of

colonialism, as well as elements of Judaism and the Islamic world.

The key objectives of the museum, and especially of the body, the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT according to the

Dutch abbreviation of its name) are to promote knowledge and understanding of different cultures to the

Dutch thus encouraging tolerance and incorporation of different ethnic groups present in the country, and also

promote the protection and preservation of artistic heritage in the least developed countries, victims of

trafficking in art objects that should remain in the hands of their rightful owners. The role of the institute goes,

then, the country's borders and is projected internationally by promoting cultural exchange.

Tropenmuseum's collections are grouped into eight permanent exhibitions:

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The man and his environment: This exhibition shows four ecosystem-the rainforest, the savannah, a great city

and seas and coasts, and the ways in which man lives in each one, the links between human beings and the

natural world with emphasis on the ecological aspect.

Arts, Culture and Colonialism: Under this heading are grouped four areas devoted to the colonial period in the

Dutch East Indies, covering the first objects in the museum collection, when created as' Colonial Museum.

Offer a new perspective of the Dutch colonial history and further contribute to the debate about national and

cultural identity of peoples and the importance of colonialism in the current realities of the colonized. These

areas are:

Netherlands East Indies: Identified with the name you designated in colonial times to the present Indonesia, is

an example of relations between the Netherlands and the colonies, from the earliest times to independence

after the Second World War.

New Guinea: This exhibit displays objects essentially religious ceremonies and rituals that dominated the lives

of the inhabitants of New Guinea (now Papua), whose western part was Dutch colony until it was ceded to

Indonesia in 1963.

Textiles of Indonesia: its people, knitting is life itself, and this exhibition focuses on the art and techniques of

weaving, the history and evolution of this art is still so alive.

South-Eastern Asia and Oceania: In this sector are exposed objects Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos,

Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and Philippines, showing the many facets of these

cultures throughout the centuries were influenced by different religious and philosophical.

Latin America and Caribbean: The Dutch colonial America (Suriname and the Antilles) is reflected in this

section of the museum, which also includes African elements, resulting from the slave trade to the colonies to

work on plantations.

Near East and North Africa: Exhibition focusing on lifestyles in regions dominated by Islamic culture and

Judaism, their historical, political tensions, military and religious objects, language, architecture and music to

each culture.

Africa: This collection brings together objects from a score of countries of sub-Saharan Africa, a vast region

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with a wealth and diversity, encompassing the last 150 years during which almost all Europeans colonized the

continent.

The museum also organizes temporary exhibitions and activities for children: Children under 6 years can

develop with their parents, and those between 6 and 12 years eligible for the so-called Tropenmuseum Junior.

Esther Espada Mora

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VAN GOGH

When we arrived to the museum, we are separated in 2 groups, Dutch and Spanish. We are save our

things in a species of cupboard. The guia speak us on the pictures more important of Van Gogh and a bit on

his life, one of the pictures more important of Van Gogh is the girasoles. Later saw another picture which was a

room and the guia explain us as they Van Gogh used the dark and clear colours. More last the girl did us

memorizar the picture. Later gave us a species of postcard so that we draw what remember of this picture.

And finish our excursion to the museum of Van Gogh