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Europe's Largest Apple Museum Opens in the Netherlands With 50 Years of Products on Display

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Europe's largest Apple museum to date opened in early April, coinciding with Apple's 50th anniversary. The Apple Museum spans 2,000 square meters and is located at the Wall Utrecht in the Netherlands.

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The museum's creator, Ed Bindels, claims that the space features one of the largest Apple collections in the world, and it has several rooms dedicated to Apple's design. There is an eye-catching rainbow wall of iMac G3 machines, a recreation of the garage Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked in, an iPod display, and more.

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Everything from classic Macs to modern iPhones is included in the museum, and it showcases almost all of the devices that Apple has released from 1976 to 2026. Bindels says the museum tells a story, featuring different stages in Apple's development timeline.

"For example, there is a space that shows what happened after Steve Jobs left Apple and the company went through a difficult period. Visitors then walk through a 'Think Different' corridor into a circular room filled with colorful iMacs. This room symbolizes the beginning of a new chapter for Apple. Throughout the museum, we tell different stories through the products."

Bindels teamed up with a group of volunteers to collect and restore devices, accessories, prototypes, manuals, and brand materials. Some of the devices in the museum are functional and are available for guests to use.

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Tickets to the Apple Museum are priced at €21.50 for adults, with discounts available for students and children.

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1BadManVan
2 days ago at 02:32 pm
That would actually be cool to see
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jurmous
2 days ago at 03:03 pm
In my home city! Yay! Will visit soon!
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bsolar
2 days ago at 10:12 pm

This museum is clearly being positioned as a “for profit” business, not a charity or for the betterment of humanity.
The Apple Museum is a stichting ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stichting'):


A stichting is a Dutch legal entity with limited liability, not aiming to make profit, with no members or share capital, that exists for a specific purpose that is serving a public, social or an idealistic interest. A stichting is allowed to make profit but the legal condition is that this profit must be spent on achieving the foundation's goals.
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Powerbooky
2 days ago at 03:31 pm

as interesting as this most likely is, I keep wondering why people/cities/communities/whatever feel the need to open up museums in locations which have no connection to the subject at all. The same thing applies to random celebrity statues (I mean, WHY is there a Charlie Chaplin statue in Bulgaria, of all places).
A museum is a showcase of the subject, the actual location of the museum isn't always relevant.


But is this authorized by Apple? Otherwise, Apple Lawyers would like a word with them. 🧑‍💼👩‍💼👨‍💼🕴️
Tickets for 21 euros, they are certainly not making big money out of it. Apple hasn't closed any other independent museums showcasing their history and products so far. Maybe just a notification of the initiative was enough.

(I'll ask them when I visit)
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Happy_John
2 days ago at 02:57 pm

as interesting as this most likely is, I keep wondering why people/cities/communities/whatever feel the need to open up museums in locations which have no connection to the subject at all. The same thing applies to random celebrity statues (I mean, WHY is there a Charlie Chaplin statue in Bulgaria, of all places).
For “niche museums”, it’s tourism, so they’ll open up in cities / near to cities that are already tourist-focused. People visit a place on holiday, and tend to wander around aimlessly. You can make a business out of grabbing some of that footfall.
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snipper
1 day ago at 02:56 pm

as interesting as this most likely is, I keep wondering why people/cities/communities/whatever feel the need to open up museums in locations which have no connection to the subject at all.
There are millions of Apple users in the Netherlands, so plenty of connection. Apple hardware is mainly made in Asia. The software engineers are from all over the world. Wifi and Bluetooth have Dutch creators. The compact disk, dvd, the players are a creation of the Dutch company Philips and Sony. I could go on. Ever heard of ASML in Veldhoven?

This remark reminds me of people who claim certain food, music, even hairdo’s are the property of certain groups of people and others can’t use them. So weird. Where does it end? I’m not Italian, so I’m not allowed to eat pizza?


But is this authorized by Apple? Otherwise, Apple Lawyers would like a word with them. 🧑‍💼👩‍💼👨‍💼🕴️
What are Apple’s lawyers are going to do about it? They simply exhibit hardware. Besides that, I imagine the owner has a special relationship with Apple, since he has been selling Apple hardware for decades in a chain of Apple-centred stores.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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