A colourful paradeAn exhibition about regional costumes in the NetherlandsThe Netherlands developed an extremely rich variety of regional costumes. At the Netherlands Open Air Museum we manage the largest collection of regional dress in the country. You can see a selection from this collection in the permanent exhibition ‘Een Bonte Stoet’ (A colourful parade) on the lower floor of the entrance pavilion.The exhibition is very accessible and extremely varied. The costumes of men, women and children are arranged in a 'colourful parade' that forms a timeline illustrating the order in which the costumes disappeared. The changing backdrop images give an impression of the periods in which the various costumes vanished. The exhibition starts in the year 2000 and the parade leads you back in time to around 1875. Here you will see examples of people in their ‘Sunday best’ and finery. Regional costumes were not only about wealth and splendour, however – they were also worn to work, play and live in. The last wearers of regional costumeYou will also become acquainted with the last people to wear regional clothing and find out how this clothing plays or played a role in their lives. The highly personal film portraits are particularly interesting. The wearers of the clothes were filmed in a mirror whilst getting themselves dressed and talking about their lives.
The exhibition highlights fashion in the costumes, the variation between work clothes and finery, and looks at current costumes, as well as presenting portraits and films. There are two magnificent photo albums containing extraordinary images from the museum archives and a splendid - and quite unique - display of 65 head brooches. The exhibition ‘Een Bonte Stoet’ is open daily during the museum's opening hours. |
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