The Apple Museum
| Established | 1 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Location | The Wall shopping centre, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Type | Technology museum |
| Owner | Stichting The Apple Museum |
| Website | Official website |
The Apple Museum is a museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands, devoted to the history and products of Apple Inc. It opened on 1 April 2026 to coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Apple,[1][2] and opened to the public on 2 April.[3]
History
[edit]The museum grew out of a private collection of Apple products and memorabilia assembled over a period of years. It was initiated by entrepreneur Ed Bindels, founder of the Dutch Apple reseller Amac.[4][5]
The official opening took place on 1 April 2026, the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Apple.[1][2] The museum is located in The Wall, a shopping centre in Utrecht.[3] The museum is managed by Stichting The Apple Museum, and is not affiliated with Apple Inc.[5]
Collection
[edit]The collection includes Apple products from different periods in the company's history, including early computers, Macintosh models, iPods, iPhones and related accessories.[2][3] The museum supervises a collection of 5,000 potential exhibits, however not all of them are on display. Among the items which are exhibited are an Apple Lisa from 1983, a rainbow of iMac G3s from the late 1990s and early 2000s, and one of the early versions of the iPod. There is also a vista of Steve Jobs' garage, part of the Apple historic folklore.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Apple marks 50 years as new museum opens in Netherlands showcasing tech giant's history". Euronews. 1 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Grootste Apple-museum opent deuren in Utrecht" [Largest Apple museum opens doors in Utrecht] (in Dutch). Emerce. 2 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 Snijders, Maurice (2 April 2026). "Apple Museum in Utrecht opent exact 50 jaar na de oprichting van Apple" [Apple Museum in Utrecht opens exactly 50 years after the founding of Apple]. iPhoned.
- ↑ Bueters, Philip (1 April 2026). "'Here's to the crazy ones': het Apple Museum van Ed Bindels opent eindelijk zijn deuren in Utrecht" (in Dutch). MT/Sprout.
- 1 2 Koevoets, Sasha (1 April 2026). "iCulture bezoekt: dit is het Apple Museum in Utrecht" [iCulture visits the Apple Museum in Utrecht: a journey through time] (in Dutch). iCulture.
- ↑ Debczak, Michele (6 April 2026). "See a colorful wall of vintage iMacs and a re-creation of Steve Jobs' garage at a New Apple Museum in the Netherlands". Smithsonian Magazine. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 6 April 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
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