![Verborgen Verhalen Velsen, Coco Olakunle](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/r35o2ddl/production/abf6d545e4c2d5fc5d1a427733957c201030bdea-8192x5464.jpg?w=3840&auto=format)
Faces of North Holland
Date
4 April 2025 - 17 August 2025
Location
HAL, Grote Markt
Audience
Children, Youth, Adults
Diversity
Historical portraits exhibited in museums often depict the upper classes of the 16th and 17th century such as brewers, civic guards and regentesses. Our exhibition Faces of North Holland offers a look at the current residents of the Dutch province of North Holland. This exhibition showcases diversity in North Holland through portraits that have been created in partnership with various communities. Facesof North Holland is a collaborative project between Amsterdam Museum and Frans Hals Museum. From Aalsmeer to Texel, we teamed up with the residents of North Holland to uncover contemporary portraits. We teamed up with the residents of North Holland to uncover contemporary portraits throughout the province, from Aalsmeer to Texel.
![Monnickendam roept mij, Stratenmakers Audiocollectief door Dija Kabba](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/r35o2ddl/production/f8c207431d4774829b0d9c34630fa01d57b79e72-5266x3167.jpg?w=3840&auto=format)
recognition
We want everybody to be able to relate to the faces and stories displayed at our museum. The results of this collaboration, and the winning entries to the portrait competition (picked by 22,000 voters from among 1,082 submissions) will be exhibited at Frans Hals Museum as of 4 April 2025.