Experts' Choice Award FOMU - Foto Museum
What the experts agree on
Fomu showcases photography across artistic, documentary, fashion, and press contexts with rotating contemporary exhibitions. Its four floors feature international works in beautiful cinemas, vintage camera collections, and a stellar bookshop—Europe's
“The permanent collection gives a splendid potted history of photography (albeit mostly in Dutch) but there are also regularly changing exhibitions of no-holds-barred work by contemporary photo-artists.”
– Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure "The small museum's collection of vintage cameras and photgraphy equipment offers a comprehensive history of the craft. Don't miss the bookshop which has excellent monographs." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"This museum shows visitors photography in a broad social and cultural context. Alongside artistic photos, it exhibits press photos, and scientific, documentary and fashion photos." Full review
Fodor's "The city's home of contemporary photography is a four-story, in-your-face epic, with each floor dedicated to a different theme or artist" Full review
The Guardian "Fomu, in the fashionable “Zuid” or south district, is one of the most important photography museums in Europe, exhibiting works by international names and screening films daily in its two beautiful cinemas (many in their original English)"
