Overview of all the funds that support Mauritshuis
The Rembrandt Society
The Rembrandt Society helps museums acquire unique art. This ensures that unique paintings can remain in the Netherlands. The Rembrandt Society has been doing this for 130 years. Did you know that the Mauritshuis was the first museum supported by the Rembrandt Society? There are now over 50 paintings in the Mauritshuis purchased with their help. Famous acquisitions include Laughing Boy by Frans Hals, As the Old Sing, So Pipe the Young by Jan Steen, and Portrait of an Elderly Man by Rembrandt.
More about the support of the Rembrandt Society
Fonds 21
Fund 21 supports projects in the fields of art, culture and society, with the aim of making them widely accessible to a diverse and young audience. In recent years, the fund has contributed to educational and cultural projects at the Mauritshuis, including the vocational education project and exhibitions: Hallo Vermeer!, In Full Bloom and The Lost Museum.
Gieskes-Strijbis Fund
The Gieskes-Strijbis Fund was founded in 2003 by Hennie Gieskes and Diedi Gieskes-Strijbis under the name Stichting Spaarne Fonds. The Gieskes-Strijbis Fund focuses on nature and the environment, democracy and the rule of law, medical science, and art and culture. They support projects that aim for breakthroughs in their field. For example, the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund contributes to the multi-year research project "Image Formation around Johan Maurits" (2019-2021).
M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Foundation
The M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Foundation supports projects related to nature conservation, culture and monument preservation, with the aim of preserving and developing cultural and natural heritage. In recent years, the M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Foundation has contributed to various exhibitions, including Fleeting – Scents in Colour, In Full Bloom and Savery’s Wondrous World.
Mondriaan Fund
The Mondriaan Fund is the national foundation that invests in the Dutch visual arts and cultural heritage sector. The fund helped us to acquire paintings including Old Woman and Boy with Candles by Peter Paul Rubens, and Seascape with Ships by Jan van de Capelle. It also contributed to the multi-year research project Mauritshuis in Wartime and the exhibition Facing the Storm - A Museum in Wartime that emerged from the research. Through various schemes, the foundation also funded exhibitions such as Vrel, Forerunner of Vermeer, FLASH | BACK, and Loot – 10 Stories.
Cultuurfonds
The Cultuurfonds is a passionate advocate of culture, nature and science in the Netherlands and beyond. Through financial contributions, commissions, prizes and grants, the fund encourages special initiatives and talent. Over the years, the Cultuurfonds has helped the Mauritshuis to purchase paintings such as Pieter Saenredam’s The Mariaplaats with the Mariakerk in Utrecht in 1966, and Rembrandt’s Portrait of an Elderly Man in 1999. The Cultuurfonds also regularly contributes to various exhibitions, such as Roelant Savery’s Wondrous World, Vrel, Forerunner of Vermeer and In Full Bloom.
Zabawas Foundation
The Zabawas Foundation is a family foundation that supports projects in the fields of culture, nature and science. In recent years, Zabawas has contributed to various exhibitions, including Fleeting – Scents in Colour, and In Full Bloom.
Turing Foundation
Established in 2006, the Turing Foundation is a private foundation that supports initiatives in the visual arts, nature, education, and leprosy research. The Turing Foundation helped us to realise the exhibitions Alone with Vermeer, and Manhattan Masters.
Retourschip Foundation
Since 2004, the Retourschip Foundation has focused on broader themes such as the environment, culture, health, poverty reduction and the protection of human rights. The foundation supported the Mauritshuis in staging the exhibition Hallo Vermeer! and is contributing to the restoration and research project A Peek at Potter – Investigating The Bull, and the accompanying series of lessons.
VFonds
The Vfonds supports initiatives dedicated to peace, democracy, and the rule of law, with a special focus on remembrance, celebration, and strengthening democratic society. Thanks to the Vfonds, the Mauritshuis was able to realise the exhibition Facing the Storm, A Museum in Wartime.
