Culture
The National Videogame Museum Feels Like an Arcade, But Has Serious Museum Ambitions
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The National Videogame Museum in Zoetermeer combines entertainment with information, featuring interactive arcade cabinets and themed rooms from different decades. Director Hasan Tasdemir aims to preserve video games as important cultural heritage, seeking official museum registration by 2027. The institution plans to relocate to a new site at Stadhuisplein, supported by municipal funding of 1.5 million euros to prepare the buildings. Currently housed in a former bank vault, the museum attracts 70,000 visitors annually and collects all types of videogames, specializing in large arcade machines.
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