The village of Nagele is the icon of Het Nieuwe Bouwen (The New Building). Discover the architecture of Nagele through the permanent exhibition on the design history of Nagele in Museum Nagele. The museum is located in a former church, designed by architects T. Taen and T. Nix. In addition to this permanent exhibition, there are temporary exhibitions in which architecture and visual arts play an important role.
With documentaries, animations, models and personal testimonies from residents and architects, this exhibition tells the story of the modernist ideals with which the village was designed. Young visitors have also been taken into account: children can design their own polder in a special sandpit or get to work at the drawing tables.
The exhibition at Muse…
The village of Nagele is the icon of Het Nieuwe Bouwen (The New Building). Discover the architecture of Nagele through the permanent exhibition on the design history of Nagele in Museum Nagele. The museum is located in a former church, designed by architects T. Taen and T. Nix. In addition to this permanent exhibition, there are temporary exhibitions in which architecture and visual arts play an important role.
With documentaries, animations, models and personal testimonies from residents and architects, this exhibition tells the story of the modernist ideals with which the village was designed. Young visitors have also been taken into account: children can design their own polder in a special sandpit or get to work at the drawing tables.
The exhibition at Museum Nagele answers questions such as why all the buildings in the village of Nagele have flat roofs. When you visit the museum, you will receive a guidebook that not only takes you through the exhibition, but also includes a map of the village so you can explore Nagele yourself. The village is of historical, socio-cultural and architectural importance, both nationally and internationally. Nagele is the best-preserved example of the architectural movement known as Het Nieuwe Bouwen (The New Building). Famous architects from the architectural collectives “De 8” and “de Opbouw”, such as Aldo van Eyck, Gerrit Rietveld and Mien Ruys, contributed to the design.
The village of Nagele has retained the atmosphere and appearance of its early years very well, as you can see when you walk through the village. But would you also like to see what a flat-roofed house looked like inside in the pioneering years? After visiting the Nagele Museum, walk a few streets further to Huis Polman, where you can experience for yourself what it was like to live here shortly after it was built, based on the 1950s-style interior. When visiting both the Nagele Museum and Huis Polman, you can take advantage of a discounted combination rate.
