Van Gogh Museum?

liquidSwords · Post by **liquidSwords** » Wed 13th Oct 2010 06:56 pm

Van Goth was an interesting and unusual man, and his paintings were masterful. Was a great place to visit. But i've been fasinated with Van Goth since i was a child and have read alot about him. Try getting hold of a book by Martin Gayford called The Yellow House

Infact, im over at the same time as you KingDoc and my hotel is round the corner from the VG museum, im sure a couple of my mates want to visit there also, so.....

HasAnyoneSeenMyPipe · Wed 13th Oct 2010 07:57 pm

Rufus wrote:
HasAnyoneSeenMyPipe wrote:
Rufus wrote:My friends have all been and rave about it, they can't work out why I have not been I do intend to go, but I usually end up getting way laid funnily enough
Yeah know the feeling lol, my wife and I went once but we are not art lovers and just didn't get it, though we do intend to return. We found the Anne Frank House to be more our taste. (we are both fascinated by WWII history. Morbid I know)
Anne Frank's house was a great place to go, I made the big mistake of going on a Saturday.
Oh and if you do read this hasanyoneseenmypipe, you may be interested to know there is an Anne Frank exhibition on in Lisburn at the mo...think it's in the library? Its on until the end of the month

Sorry again for yet another thread hijack

Worth a look at, cheers Rufus

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Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Wed 13th Oct 2010 09:30 pm

What can i say! thanks guys

,Looks like van gough museum it is then! a nice walk down from centrum for me one morning

,Ps i was at the rijksmuseum last year & it was the best collection of paintings ive EVER seen in my life! it took me about 3 hours to see them all & i would give the place a 9 out of 10 easily,The only draw back was the scaffolding outside as they were doing it up/cleaning when i was there

,& rufus ive been to anne frank huis 2 times! it was alright but ive not been for like 8 years now thou

,& LS yea i would be up for company if anyone else wanted to go! it will be a day when they are no crawls like

,Ps i may just post a meet & greet for anyone who wants to go & maybe a coffeeshop or 2 afterwards? anyways we will sort out a day soon! ie when its not to buisy,KD.

Max Flower · Post by **Max Flower** » Wed 13th Oct 2010 09:45 pm

Yeah you'd be missing out bigtime, passing up the chance to stare into Van Gogh's soul.

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Wed 13th Oct 2010 11:02 pm

Max Flower wrote:Yeah you'd be missing out bigtime, passing up the chance to stare into Van Gogh's soul.

Its only 14 euros as well! super,Only bad thing is the Q`s at the weekend! will be going on a weekday i think

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bigbob · Post by **bigbob** » Thu 14th Oct 2010 12:13 pm

Went to the Van Gogh Museum in '06, but the shrooms kicked in just as we got inside and we left in a panic. Saw several Van Gogh self-portraits at the Musee D'Orsay in Paris. Unbelievable use of colour.

Going back to the VG museum is at the top of my list for my next trip. Guess I'll lay off the shrooms this time.

Toke on!

bigbob

Cisco · Post by **Cisco** » Thu 14th Oct 2010 12:37 pm

Kingdoc wrote:
Max Flower wrote:Yeah you'd be missing out bigtime, passing up the chance to stare into Van Gogh's soul.

Its only 14 euros as well! super,Only bad thing is the Q`s at the weekend! will be going on a weekday i think .

Hey KD if your interested in art have you been to the National Gallery on the mound ? not the first one the one at the back , they have some Van Goghs there and some other great art , check it out if you have a spare hour or so its free entry which is a bonus

liquidSwords · Post by **liquidSwords** » Thu 14th Oct 2010 02:25 pm

Kingdoc wrote:What can i say! thanks guys ,Looks like van gough museum it is then! a nice walk down from centrum for me one morning ,Ps i was at the rijksmuseum last year & it was the best collection of paintings ive EVER seen in my life! it took me about 3 hours to see them all & i would give the place a 9 out of 10 easily,The only draw back was the scaffolding outside as they were doing it up/cleaning when i was there ,& rufus ive been to anne frank huis 2 times! it was alright but ive not been for like 8 years now thou ,& LS yea i would be up for company if anyone else wanted to go! it will be a day when they are no crawls like ,Ps i may just post a meet & greet for anyone who wants to go & maybe a coffeeshop or 2 afterwards? anyways we will sort out a day soon! ie when its not to buisy,KD.

Im there from wednesday 24th til friday 26th, so im not there on a weekend, i was think of going on the 25th, maybe a meet up in Rookies, or dolphons or Mellow Yellow even

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Mon 18th Oct 2010 12:02 am

liquidSwords wrote:
Kingdoc wrote:What can i say! thanks guys ,Looks like van gough museum it is then! a nice walk down from centrum for me one morning ,Ps i was at the rijksmuseum last year & it was the best collection of paintings ive EVER seen in my life! it took me about 3 hours to see them all & i would give the place a 9 out of 10 easily,The only draw back was the scaffolding outside as they were doing it up/cleaning when i was there ,& rufus ive been to anne frank huis 2 times! it was alright but ive not been for like 8 years now thou ,& LS yea i would be up for company if anyone else wanted to go! it will be a day when they are no crawls like ,Ps i may just post a meet & greet for anyone who wants to go & maybe a coffeeshop or 2 afterwards? anyways we will sort out a day soon! ie when its not to buisy,KD.
Im there from wednesday 24th til friday 26th, so im not there on a weekend, i was think of going on the 25th, maybe a meet up in Rookies, or dolphons or Mellow Yellow even

Ok how about thursday the 25th? mellow yellow is a good spot for me like

,& cisco ive been to all the places here over the years mate

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spidergawd · Post by **spidergawd** » Mon 18th Oct 2010 09:53 pm

In August the modern extension in the park was closed for renovation although all the Van Gogh work has been hung in the main building but still it is a bit cramped and they still charge full price. Check the internet, and buy your tickets online and you just sail straight in

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Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Mon 18th Oct 2010 10:19 pm

spidergawd wrote:In August the modern extension in the park was closed for renovation although all the Van Gogh work has been hung in the main building but still it is a bit cramped and they still charge full price. Check the internet, and buy your tickets online and you just sail straight in .

No plastic mate

,Just good old greenbacks

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hardboiled · Post by **hardboiled** » Tue 19th Oct 2010 08:40 pm

Iko wrote:Did you go to the Rik's while its under construction?
Because that for us was the biggest waste of a morning ever.
I'll go back once it is reopened properly if they ever finnish it that is lol.
As is, yikes, just a money grab, barely anything on display, your just paying for the construction costs.

I agree - it sucks right now. The Night Watch and the Vermeer room were the only thing that saved the trip.

roker · Post by **roker** » Tue 19th Oct 2010 09:54 pm

there is, or used to be, a virtual tour to download on vangogh.nl or whatever...use your noggin