the depot boijmans van beuningen. it's the world's first publicly accessible art storage facility.m the outside, it looks a bit like a giant space age teacup. so i wonder what the inside's going to look like? after flooding forced the museum to move the collection out of its usual storage facility, the team rethought the entire concept of an archive. gone was the idea of a warehouse with a security guard and a dog. replaced by a concept based on radical transparency. my goodness, look at this place. what an incredible space! yeah, you like it? it's open storage. museums, they have a collection that you show maybe just 3 to 6 to 7%. but that feels awkward because many things sink into oblivion, or do not get the care that is necessary. so we opened our vaults with all the art collections to the audience, and we show how we work with the collection to clean paintings, to restore things that are not in a good shape. it's the audience who is the owner, and we are the very proud caretakers. the access visitors have is remarkable. you can even request to see certain individual pieces of

the depot boijmans van beuningen. it's the world's first publicly accessible art storage facility.ouse with a security guard and a dog. replaced by a concept based on radical transparency. my goodness, look at this place. what an incredible space! yeah, you like it? it's open storage. museums, they have a collection that you show maybe just 3 to 6 to 7%. but that feels awkward because many things sink into oblivion, or do not get the care that is necessary. so we opened our vaults with all the art collections to the audience, and we show how we work with the collection to clean paintings, to restore things that are not in a good shape. it's the audience who is the owner, and we are the very proud ca reta kers. the access visitors have is remarkable. you can even request to see certain individual pieces of your choice. i found a group with their guide, and you have to have a guide when you come here, because i guess they can'tjust let people loose among these racks of possibly priceless works. the only real limiting factor here is time. because the environments are so strictly contr