Comments on: The Museum of Bags and Purses Amsterdam

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:37:33 +0000

In reply to Cindy Carlsson. This is a museum that people seem to love or hate. I'm in the latter category, but I hope you enjoy it!

By: Cindy Carlsson

Cindy Carlsson — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:25:26 +0000

As you know, I can’t wait to get to this museum this spring! But I’m in it for the art, craftsmanship, and history. I imagine in being like the Bata shoe museums, but perhaps I will be disappointed. Personally, I have no clue why people would spend a fortune for an expensive designer bag when there are so many options. I have dozens of clutches, purses, and bags from Thailand, Italy, Turkey, Peru, Fiji, and other exotic spots we’ve visited; handmade bags made by artists in the USA; antique and vintage pieces; and a bunch of cheap ones from the discount department store sale rack. Even my Italian bags (mostly bought on sale at small shops in front of the workshop where they were made) weren’t over a $100. My most expensive bag cost about what your’s did (but full price, not on sale) and is a totally boring backpack bag made out of modern fabric by a workshop in New York state. Like your bag, I bought it purely for it’s functionality because a smaller one by them was a favorite, but too small for camera gear. It does what it needs to, but I don’t love it the way I did the smaller (cheaper) one. (They didn’t up-size the design properly.) It sort of serves as a reminder not to spend a so much on a bag because I never know if I’ll love it until I actually start using it! But then again, my second most expensive bag is a rather geometric purse built out of handwoven fabric from Thailand and, while it’s a bit fragile for daily use, is a stunner and I love using it!

By: Victoria@ The British Berliner

Victoria@ The British Berliner — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 18:43:04 +0000

‘Sounds like a plan!

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 06:24:59 +0000

In reply to Victoria@ The British Berliner. My plan is to gradually work my way through all the small museums in Amsterdam, so whenever I go there I visit one or more. The only one of those you list that I've been to is the van Gogh, but that one doesn't fit my definition of small! The Cheese Inn Museum, the House of Bols and Micropia are all on the list to visit at some point. I have two more posts (the Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum and the Prostitution Museum) coming up in the next couple weeks. And I'm hoping to fit in one or two more when I'm in Amsterdam again mid-November.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:38:50 +0000

In reply to Carole Terwilliger Meyers. The cross-body kind or shoulder kind give me back and neck aches after a while. That's why I like a convertible one rather than a backpack. I need it to look like a handbag sometimes but mostly I carry it on my back.

By: Victoria@ The British Berliner

Victoria@ The British Berliner — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 04:34:38 +0000

‘Love the post! I’m more a shoe person but I can understand why you paid so much for your handbag. The little red handbag that I carry around is probably that price. It’s leather and from a little designer. My husband bought it for me so I’m quite alright with it LOL!

I’m very much into museums especially quirky ones or museums that have a little more insight into the way people used to live. I happened to be in Amsterdam at the beginning of the year and I had planned to visit the Museum of Bags and Purses as I had the Amsterdam City Card , but I ran out of time! I did however, managed to visit the Cheese Inn Museum, The House of Bols Cocktails & Genever Experience, The Van Gogh Museum and Micropia (a museum about miocrobes and germs and the 1st of it’s kind in the world). Disturbing, but absolutely fantastic!

By: Carole Terwilliger Meyers

Carole Terwilliger Meyers — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 02:58:48 +0000

I also carry just one handbag and rarely change it out. Mine is a cross-body model. I paid more for it than I have ever paid before–because it is a designer bag–but I do love it and it looks like it will last a long, long time. I will heed your advice and save my admission money to this museum and instead go for tea! Love the look of that tea room.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:47:07 +0000

In reply to The GypsyNesters. I think I'll give it a miss! ;)

By: The GypsyNesters

The GypsyNesters — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:45:05 +0000

Very cool! There is a handbag museum in Little Rock that we visited one time. Not quite as opulent as this, but worth a look.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:55:43 +0000

In reply to Kristin Henning. I'm not sure; there were some from the 1600's and the pre-revolutionary French court, and I think I remember some medieval era accessories (not exactly handbags, but more like keychains). It's all a bit of a blur, to be honest! It was occasionally interesting where it explained why a particular style of bag was shaped the way it was, like those hip bags I mentioned.