iWereldmuseum Amsterdam · Amsterdam-Oost
Disco
A tribute to disco's roots in Black, Latino and queer underground clubs, with tracks, videos, art, fashion and design celebrating freedom.
A MiniMoog synthesizer, a Roland drum machine and a guitar signed by Nile Rodgers sit among the objects on an 835 m² floor, which has been turned over to disco.
The show was made by the Musée de la Musique at the Philharmonie de Paris and has been adapted for Amsterdam with Dutch context. It follows disco from the underground clubs of New York to a worldwide culture built on freedom, inclusivity and self-expression, through hundreds of tracks, videos, art, fashion and design. In the Soul Train room you dance under the lights to original footage of the 1970s TV dance floor. Jerney Kaagman wore the metallic blue catsuit on show in the Weekend video in 1979 and again on Idols in 2008, a longer run than any going-out top you own.
It also covers the "Disco Sucks" backlash and the AIDS epidemic. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 17:00; adults pay €18 online or €20 at the desk, and you can walk in without booking.
Recomendación de la redacción
Disco vuelve a las pistas clandestinas negras, latinas y queer donde nació, a través de canciones, vídeos, arte, moda y diseño. La historia de los orígenes de cualquier noche de fiesta en Ámsterdam que acaba con el desayuno.
No te pierdas
The Soul Train room
Original footage of the 1970s TV dance floor and light effects fill the room, and you are meant to dance in it.
Jerney Kaagman's blue catsuit
The metallic blue catsuit from her 1979 Weekend video, the outfit she wore again on Idols in 2008.
Disco Demolition Night
Hernan Bas's 2022 painting of rock fans storming Chicago's Comiskey Park mid-game to burn hundreds of disco records.
The pink room
Protest photographs, an early rainbow flag and the neon words "We Dance Together" tie the dance floor to the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
The remix installation
An interactive station where you build your own remix of disco tracks.
Ideal para
- Entendidos
- Días de lluvia
- Adolescentes
Con niños
Ages 6 to 18 pay €7.50 online or €9 at the desk. The Soul Train dance floor and the remix station are the parts kids can join in with.
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Créditos de las imágenes
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- DiscoCourtesy of Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
- Hella de Jonge – Dichter bij hun zielCourtesy of Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)
- Vincent Ruijters - Crimson GiltTwycer
- Atlantic Window IV: Sedrig VerwoertPhoto: Sedrig Verwoert
- Wereldmuseum AmsterdamSneeuwvlakte / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)A. Bakker / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
- Het ScheepvaartmuseumFernando via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)S Sepp / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- H'ART MuseumFentener van Vlissingen, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0