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Stars of the Collection
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ANNUAL REPORT 2025
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Stars
Stars of the collection
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A golden moment
It was literally a golden moment for Gerard Heineken when he received this ‘medaille d’or’ at the 1875 international exhibition…
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Land swap
Amsterdam, 11 August 1930, a time of crisis. Despite the apparent heat, people on the street are fully clothed. Young boys are…
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A gift from the South
Take a closer look at this drawing from around 1948 of a Maastricht square, with the towers of Sint Janskerk, Sint Servaas…
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A utopian idea?
With this treatise on the ‘United States of Europe,’ in 1992 Alfred (Freddy) Heineken advocated a new, decentralized Europe. The…
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Pioneers in Bavarian beer
On 22 January 1868, Gerard Heineken presented the first brew in his new brewery. The office clerk responsible for the festive…
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A young entrepreneur
‘Dear Mummy!,’ 22-year-old Gerard Heineken began this letter in curly handwriting to his mother. He had just spoken to two…
