Maison Amsterdam

 At last we could visit an exhibition after more than a year of cancelling everything due to the Corona Pandemic. This was a fashion exhibition in the New Church in Amsterdam.

It was fun to see the extravagance.

Answer

A famous answer of Marilyn to the question of a journalist.

Linking to "Signs, signs"

Belongings

At the end of the exhibition about Marilyn Monroe was a showcase with belongings of other actors placed on an actors chair.

The cumberland and bow Rock Hudson wore during the Golden Globes ceremonies.

Linking to "Our World Tuesday"

Marilyn Monroe

This year Marilyn Monroe would have been 90 years old. An exhibition in the New Church in Amsterdam shows many personal belongings of her, which were stored together after her death in 1962 for decades and left untouched by the heirs. 37 years later an auction started at Christie's in New York, followed by a series of other auction houses. A large part was purchased by Monroe collector Ted Sampler and those items are shown now in the exhibition.

The start looked spectacular.

With sweet childhood photo's.

A cardigan.

The curlers she used.

Several film scripts.

The famous dress of "the Seven year itch" movie

Her notebook.

Fanmail.

And a dress for an opening night.

The end.

New Church

A fence in the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Amsterdam. About the exhibition there, I"ll show  you later. Linking to "Good Fences"

The New Church

I went for the World Press Photo exhibition in the New Church in Amsterdam. A few years ago I decided not to go anymore because of the many bloody photos I had to watch. I don't want to close my eyes for what is going on in the world but to see it magnified so close is a bit to much for me. This year I thought I give it a try again,  the world is still a mess but it was not that bad to watch.

At the same time I had a closer look at the details in this old church. A year ago our new King Willem Alexander had his ceremony here and I saw how things had been polished then and still are. 

Look at that amazing wood carving.

And the shining copper.

The church dates from the 15th century and this old picture from the 17th century shows the interior has not changed over the years.