Dommelplein
A newly conceived ground floor
Jun 6, 2026 – May 2, 2030

Foto: Boudewijn Bollmann
Our ground floor is more than a place to begin your visit. Here, art unfolds through daily rituals, encounters, conversations, workshops, play, meditation, and quiet moments alike. Feel free to move at your own pace. Join an activity, sit down for a while, or simply observe what is happening around you. This is a space for everyone—an invitation to connect with the works, with others, with the river, and with the celestial—before you enter our Collection as Cosmos. We invite you to spend time here, return often, and make the space your own.
Dommelplein is made possible by:
Colofon
Dommelplein will be brought to life through ongoing activation by its cross-generational community of city users and constituencies, alongside the museum’s in-house choir, dedicated hosts and guides, and volunteers.
It is developed by Defne Ayas, Yolande Zola Zoli van der Heide, Nikita Hurkmans, Steven ten Thije, Abril Cisneros Ramirez, Glenda Pattipeilohy, Vivian Vasilda, Yda Sinay, Kelly Hamers, Maud Bongers, and Anastasia van Gennip, and designed by Matilde Cassani Studio (Matilde Cassani, Leonardo Gatti, Cecilia da Pozzo).
Exhibitions & Activities Dommelplein
Ad Minoliti

Feminist School of Painting
Ayoung Kim

Ayoung Kim's solo exhibition at Dommelplein
Context: Hidden Connections

Colonial past of the Van Abbemuseum revealed in the exhibition Hidden Connections
Exhibition Design Academy

How do we measure things? And who decides what counts? Geo-Design presents Tartı School, an installation about measurement, art and design.
john gerrard

Listening Meditation: All Eyes Hear
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Listening Meditation with Ayumi Paul
Plug & Play: Studio Woensel West

Water ritual: L’Atelier d’aquarelle dans l’eau by Sarkis

Free daily ritual




