Foreign Media in Ecstasy over Timing of Rotterdam Migration Museum: 'Just Now Geert Wilders Is Limiting Migration'

Foreign media are praising the new Fenix museum in Rotterdam. Last week, the art museum about migration opened its doors, and journalists from all over the world flew to the Maasstad. In addition to the "breathtaking Tornado stairs", they are especially pleased overseas with the timing of the opening. "Just now that Geert Wilders' government is restricting immigration", notes the British daily The Times. "Rotterdam is opening a museum about migr…

The Museum Fenix in Rotterdam aims to use artworks to explore the politically charged topic of migration as a universal human experience. However, complexity is sacrificed for the sake of accessibility.