Europe's Largest Apple Museum Opens in the Netherlands With 50 Years of Products on Display

That would actually be cool to see

In my home city! Yay! Will visit soon!

This museum is clearly being positioned as a “for profit” business, not a charity or for the betterment of humanity.

The Apple Museum is a stichting ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stichting'):

A stichting is a Dutch legal entity with limited liability, not aiming to make profit, with no members or share capital, that exists for a specific purpose that is serving a public, social or an idealistic interest. A stichting is allowed to make profit but the legal condition is that this profit must be spent on achieving the foundation's goals.

as interesting as this most likely is, I keep wondering why people/cities/communities/whatever feel the need to open up museums in locations which have no connection to the subject at all. The same thing applies to random celebrity statues (I mean, WHY is there a Charlie Chaplin statue in Bulgaria, of all places).

For “niche museums”, it’s tourism, so they’ll open up in cities / near to cities that are already tourist-focused. People visit a place on holiday, and tend to wander around aimlessly. You can make a business out of grabbing some of that footfall.

as interesting as this most likely is, I keep wondering why people/cities/communities/whatever feel the need to open up museums in locations which have no connection to the subject at all.

There are millions of Apple users in the Netherlands, so plenty of connection. Apple hardware is mainly made in Asia. The software engineers are from all over the world. Wifi and Bluetooth have Dutch creators. The compact disk, dvd, the players are a creation of the Dutch company Philips and Sony. I could go on. Ever heard of ASML in Veldhoven?

This remark reminds me of people who claim certain food, music, even hairdo’s are the property of certain groups of people and others can’t use them. So weird. Where does it end? I’m not Italian, so I’m not allowed to eat pizza?

But is this authorized by Apple? Otherwise, Apple Lawyers would like a word with them. 🧑‍💼👩‍💼👨‍💼🕴️

What are Apple’s lawyers are going to do about it? They simply exhibit hardware. Besides that, I imagine the owner has a special relationship with Apple, since he has been selling Apple hardware for decades in a chain of Apple-centred stores.

as interesting as this most likely is, I keep wondering why people/cities/communities/whatever feel the need to open up museums in locations which have no connection to the subject at all. The same thing applies to random celebrity statues (I mean, WHY is there a Charlie Chaplin statue in Bulgaria, of all places).

A museum is a showcase of the subject, the actual location of the museum isn't always relevant.

But is this authorized by Apple? Otherwise, Apple Lawyers would like a word with them. 🧑‍💼👩‍💼👨‍💼🕴️

Tickets for 21 euros, they are certainly not making big money out of it. Apple hasn't closed any other independent museums showcasing their history and products so far. Maybe just a notification of the initiative was enough.

(I'll ask them when I visit)