Productions
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9 March 2008
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ARD Brisant
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Beatrix opens royal exhibition |
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Queen Beatrix saw her life reflected in the new exhibition ‘Amsterdam and the House of Orange’, she opened at the Amsterdam Historical Museum. For although the exhibit on two floors of the museum looks at the centuries of often testy relations between Amsterdam and the princely, later royal family, there is also a lot of personal history of Beatrix on display. The museum had wanted to host this exhibition for quite some time. For a while it was thought the investiture of Prince Willem-Alexander as King would provide a good opportunity, till the museum realised that this might still be a few years of. Organising the exposition also would require more time than under those circumstances would be allowed. Hence the decision to dedicate the present exhibition to Queen Beatrix' 70th birthday. While there is great affection for the Oranges in Amsterdam, the city also has its share of republican sympathisers. Sometimes the enthusiasm grows to a crescendo, as the intense riots during the investiture of Queen Wilhelmina in 1898; sometimes there is opposition, for example against the marriage of Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg in 1966.
Activities: research, accompany filming, organise pool material.