This week marks exactly 30 years since the opening of City Hall on September 8, 1995. To celebrate this milestone, Atrium City Hall has launched the exhibition 30 Years: The Hague City Hall x Atrium City Hall, reflecting on three decades of architectural and cultural history. The exhibition can be visited until 6 October.
It was a festive gathering at the opening on Monday with inspiring and amusing stories from the past 30 years, presented by current chairman of the Atrium Foundation, Theo Heere, architect Rijk Rietveld, and former alderman and chairman of the Atrium Foundation, Henk Kool. Mayor Jan van Zanen opened the exhibition.
Visitors can learn more about how plans were first set in motion in 1986 for a new city hall in the heart of the city. Richard Meier’s winning design, both praised and debated at the time, became a striking landmark. Officially opened on 8 September 1995 by Queen Beatrix and Mayor Ad Havermans, the building has since been a focal point for civic life.
Highlights of the exhibition include insight into the design and construction process, memorable moments captured in the documentary 30 Years Atrium Foundation (shown exclusively in the Atrium), and an interactive mirror installation that invites visitors to see the architecture in a new light. In addition, the Hague Municipal Archives present City Halls The Hague (11 August–6 October), tracing the city’s council chambers from 1248 to today.
Information about the exhibition is in both Dutch and English.
For more details, visit: https://atriumcityhall.nl/en/agenda/30-years-the-hague-city-hall-x-atrium-city-hall/