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Posts from the ‘museum’ category

Steamtrain Museum Katwijk Leiden

Close-up of an old, rusty steam locomotive in a museum with visible wear and tear, showcasing its historical significance.
Close-up view of a vintage steam train locomotive in a museum, showcasing its weathered metal exterior and unique design.
Close-up of a weathered metal plaque with inscriptions, displaying the numbers and text related to bridges, tunnels, and earthworks, mounted on a rusty background.
Close-up of an old, rusty steam engine cabin displayed in a museum, with a cobblestone floor and a transparent roof.
A close-up view of old steam locomotives in a museum, showcasing their vintage design and machinery with informational plaques in a well-lit indoor space.
Rusty steam locomotive on display at the Steamtrain Museum in Katwijk, Leiden, showcasing vintage machinery and historical preservation.
The Netherlands, Valkenburg – October 2025

The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #374 is ‘on the move’. Most of what is on these photos has not moved in a long time. However, the machines they got moving again are brilliant. It is a place where they try to keep history alive and accessible, touchable and usable.

The Steamtrain Museum Katwijk Leiden is run by volunteers. It offers the history of steam trains and their use on narrow gauge tracks. And the volunteers fix up and restore old locomotives, carriages and other cars. They have a big storage full of old parts and rusty machines.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Amersfoort 4


The Netherlands, Amersfoort – January 2025

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Museum at night (2)

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – November 2024

The Scheepvaartmuseum/National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.

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Museum at Night (1)

The Netherlands, Amsterdam – November 2024

The cellar of the Scheepvaartmuseum/National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam.

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Elgin Marbles

England, London – September 2004

These sculpture (nicknamed The Elgin Marbles) are originally from the Parthenon in Athens. Lord Elgin supposedly bought them from the Ottomans, who occupied the present Greece at that moment. The Greek try to return these marbles for decades, the UK government refuses, saying it’s British heritage. Last week a meeting of the UK prime minister with the prime minister of Greece was cancelled, after the Greek PM reiterated the ownership of the marbles. How mesmerizing and wonderful must it be to see these ornaments in the place they belong, on top of the Acropolis over Athens.

The lens artists photo challenge #278 is ‘unique’.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

On display

England, London – September 1980

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #270 is ‘on display’. British Museum in London. Again one from the film archive.

The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.

The picture was originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Lakenhal Leiden

The Netherlands, Leiden – August 2023

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Musée Carré d’Art 1997

France, Nimes – August 1997

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. In this photo it refers to the moment of the photo. I was lying on the floor figuring out if the reflections of the Musée Carré d’Art could build up to some composition. Then, a young girls came into the frame, and I just snapped.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa

France, Paris – September2008

Mona Lisa is one of the most famous and genius works of art in the world. I was lucky to view it for the first time when the Louvre was not modernized. On a Monday morning in February 1984 me and a friend were the only persons in the room to admire her mysterious smile. In 2008 I saw her again from a distance, in a sea of pressing people, holding up phones and camera’s to get a glimpse of her. I have not been there since, but I can imagine what it must look like on a normal day before the pandemic. A wave of smartphones will be raised towards her, in a never ending stream of people on visiting times of the Louvre. Apparently 80% of the visitors of the Louvre come to see her.

I read in an article that at present people seek personal attention in combination with important objects and/or moments. A selfie is the instrument to gain that attention on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook or Tiktok. Mona Lisa/Lisa Gherardini never wanted that attention, a brilliant artist painted her portrait. And the rest is history. She must feel lonely now, no one is coming to see her. Or is she finally getting her well deserved rest.

shot with Nikon D70, edited using Snapseed and Marksta.  Click the picture for a larger version

Up the River: Tate Modern

England, London – April 2015

Millennium Bridge towards Tate Modern in London.

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British Museum

England, London – September 1980

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #121 is ‘Focus on the subject’.

British Museum in London. Again one from the film archive.

The B4 retouch series
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. All of them are not completely retouched yet. Scratches, dust and stains are not removed.

The  picture was originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Louvre

France, Paris – January 1989

Paris, Louvre.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

For more information on how to join the Weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenges, click here for details.

Originally shot with Nikon F301 on Kodak TriX, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Bones 2

The Netherlands, Leiden – February 2020

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Bones

The Netherlands, Leiden – February 2020

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Three Couples

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2019

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands. Three couples if you look carefully.

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Near the Ice Age

The Netherlands,, Leiden – October 2019

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands. The floor about the ice age

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #73 is ‘cold’.

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Natural Slopes

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2019

This one is for dutch goes the photo’s slope theme.

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Bones

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2019

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #71 is ‘creepy’.

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Meeting Rex

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2019

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #71 is ‘creepy’.

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Museum

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2019

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #70 is ‘monochrome’.

Today’s post is also for For Frank’s Tuesday Challenge – Steep

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Guide

The Netherlands, Leiden – October 2019

Museum Naturalis in Leiden, The Netherlands.

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #70 is ‘monochrome’.

If you want to join or participate in the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenges, just follow the link above.

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Candid: Teacher

France, Paris – December 2003

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #66 is ‘candid’.

If you want to join or participate the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenges, just follow the link above.

 

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

Candid: Museé d’Orsay

France, Paris – December 2003

The theme for the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #66 is ‘candid’.

If you want to join or participate the weekly Lens-Artists Photo Challenges, just follow the link above.

 

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a bigger version

The Grid

North of France.

France, St. George sur L’Aa – March 2018

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Not the 2017 Favourite – Galerij Prins Willem V (Leftover 3)

The last weekly photo challenge is ‘2017 Favourite’. Share the most meaningful photo that I have taken in 2017. Well, that is tough: which one of the odd 365 photo’s to choose? A lot of them are special to me, meaningful, but it might be that I did not publish my most meaningful photo of 2017 on my blog. So I am taking my own direction in this theme: I am not going to choose. My personal theme this week will be about photo’s that are leftovers of 2017. And they all are meaningful to me as well. I hope you do not mind. Wishing all of you a happy, merry Christmas and fabulous 2018.

A little of the interior of Galerij Prins Willem V in Den Haag.

The Netherlands, Den Haag – October 2017

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Because I am not really participating in this theme you can follow the link in the first line of this post to see all the publications this week.

Peek: Galerij Prins Willem V (3)

The weekly theme is ‘peek’.

A little detail of the interior of Galerij Prins Willem V in Den Haag.

 

The Netherlands, Den Haag – October 2017

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

 

Peek: Galerij Prins Willem V (2)

The weekly theme is ‘peek’.

A little detail of the interior of Galerij Prins Willem V in Den Haag.

 

The Netherlands, Den Haag – October 2017

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

 

Peek: Galerij Prins Willem V

The weekly theme is ‘peek’.

A little detail of the interior of Galerij Prins Willem V in Den Haag.

The Netherlands, Den Haag – October 2017

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

Windows: Corpus

This week theme is ‘windows’

The Netherlands, Oegstgeest – September 2017

shot with iPhone 6s plus using Hueless,  edited using Snapseed and Marksta, click the picture for a larger version

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Wanderlust: Venus

The weekly theme is ‘wanderlust’. 

British Museum holds a big collection of art found by wandering.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

 

England, London – September 1980

The  picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link

Wanderlust: Rosetta Stone

The weekly theme is ‘wanderlust’. 

The Rosetta Stone found in Egypt near Rosetta by Napoleon Bonaparte. The key to decypher Egypt hieroglyphs. Now in the British Museum.

About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.

England, London – September 1980

The  picture was are originally shot with a Pentax K1000 on Ilford FP4, scanned from negative and tweaked using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

A list of other entries to this theme; if you do not want to be on this list let me know and I remove the link