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The Turing Foundation was founded by Pieter Geelen and his wife Françoise, using the wealth he acquired as co-founder of TomTom NV, and supports projects for:
Most recent projects: January 2025
Michelangelo and Men, Teylers Museum, Haarlem
ART January 2025
Michelangelo and Men, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2025-2026
In Michelangelo and Men, the Teylers Museum explores the prominent role of the male body in nearly all of Michelangelo Buonarroti's (1475-1564) work. The figures are often nude, muscular and depicted in provocative and expressive poses. No other subject occupied Michelangelo as much throughout his... more

La Muse Endormie (1910), Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957)
ART January 2025
Brancusi from Centre Pompidou, H'Art Museum, Amsterdam, 2025-2026
H'ART Museum, formerly known as the Hermitage Amsterdam, is an independent museum found at Amstel 51 in the historic Amstelhof building. After severing ties with Russia in 2022, the museum was rebranded as H'ART Museum in 2023 and focused on collaborations with international institutions such... more

Zeegrasherstel in de Oosterschelde, Oosterschelde
NATURE January 2025
Zeegrasherstel in de Oosterschelde, Oosterschelde, 2025-2026
The Sea Ranger Service> wants to enable marine biodiversity recovery on a greater scale by developing maritime innovations and training young people as Sea Rangers to carry out operational nature restoration activities. In collaboration with the University of Groningen, which has been a prominent... more

Versterken van het leefgebied van de hamerhaai, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
NATURE January 2025
Boosting the habitat of hammerhead sharks, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, 2025
Misión Tiburón is an NGO set up by two marine biologists. During their work they discovered that the hammerhead shark is one of the planet's most endangered species. They also realised that in the last decade insufficient attention has been paid to the species' nursery grounds and that... more

M. Leprae bacteria
LEPROSY January 2025
Evaluation of five transcriptomic biomarkers for leprosy, Colombia, 2025-2027
Approximately 400 of the leprosy cases reported each year in the world are from Colombia. In this project of the Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, researchers in the five regions with the highest incidence of leprosy in Colombia are taking samples from cases, their close... more

Het Leerorkest
ART January 2025
Het Leerorkest, 2025
The Leerorkest (founded in 2005) wants to give as many children as possible the opportunity of discovering how much fun it is to play an instrument and make music together. They do so by giving primary school pupils weekly music lessons, given by professional music teachers. The children are acquainted with (classical) music, learn to... more

In-school learning choir, Amsterdam
ART January 2025
In-school learning choir, Amsterdam, 2025
Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam (NVA) will start in May 2024 with in-school learning choirs in collaboration with the Leerorkest Amsterdam. With the donation from the Turing Foundation, NVA is able to provide two singing classes per school season at 10 Leerorkest schools in Amsterdam South-East, Amsterdam North and the... more

PLF/COMBINE: Leprosy elimination by community screening & mass chemoprophylaxis, Kiribati
LEPROSY January 2025
COMBINE: Leprosy elimination by community screening & mass chemoprophylaxis, Kiribati, 2025-2026
Transmission of both leprosy and tuberculosis is through the respiratory tract and is greatly increased in places where many people live close together in poor economic conditions. The Pacific Leprosy Foundation trial "COMBINE" in Kiribati (an island republic in... more

M. Leprae bacteria
LEPROSY January 2025
Contribution to the leprosy research department of Netherlands Leprosy Relief, 2024
The Turing Foundation has been co-financing projects related to the fight against leprosy with Netherlands Leprosy Relief for years. On top of this, every year we also donate directly to Netherlands Leprosy Relief as a contribution towards the overhead costs it incurs as a... more


Turing-supported projects you can visit in February and March:
Het Leerorkest
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Het Leerorkest, 2025
The Leerorkest (founded in 2005) wants to give as many children as possible the opportunity of discovering how much fun it is to play an instrument and make... more
In-school learning choir, Amsterdam
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In-school learning choir, Amsterdam, 2025
Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam (NVA) will start in May 2024 with in-school learning choirs in collaboration with the Leerorkest Amsterdam. With the... more
Claude Monet, 'Quai du Louvre', 1867, Kunstmuseum Den Haag
vanaf 15 feb
'Nieuw Parijs: van Monet tot Morisot', Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2025
The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is organising the exhibition New Paris: From Monet to Morisot. It focuses on the... more
Raad van de Raaf. Een doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, 2024-2029
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Raad van de Raaf. Een doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, 2024-2029
The Wereldmuseum is organising a new long-term exhibition as part of Wereldmuseum... more
Posters for the Planet in ARTIS, Design Museum Den Bosch, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam en Bonnefanten Maastricht
t/m 4 mar
Posters for the Planet in ARTIS, Design Museum Den Bosch, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam en Bonnefanten Maastricht, 2024-2025
The very best, most compelling and most persuasive... more
Anselm Kiefer, Untitled, 2021, 380 x 570 cm, artist's collection
vanaf 9 mar
'Kiefer 80', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam & Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, 2025
Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945, Germany) will celebrate his eightieth birthday in 2025. To mark this special... more
Adam Dircksz, Prayer Nut, ca. 1500-1531. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
t/m 27 apr
'Eventful Middle Ages: Sensory Experience in Late Medieval Devotion,' Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, 2025
In late medieval Europe, Christians deepened their religious experiences.... more
Vincent van Gogh, Garden at Arles, 1888
t/m 5 may
'How Van Gogh Came to Groningen,' Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2024-2025
The Groninger Museum is presenting the exhibition 'How Van Gogh Came to Groningen,' which tells the story of... more
Gabriele Münter, Jawlensky and Werefkin (1908/09), Lenbachhaus, Munich
t/m 16 mar
'Marianne von Werefkin, Pioneer of Expressionism,' Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, 2024-2025
Marianne von Werefkin is one of the most important representatives of expressionism. Yet she... more
Joan Miró, Personnage (1967)
t/m 2 mar
Joan Miró - Sculptures, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, 2024-2025
Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the founders of surrealism, whose colourful, playful and experimental artworks... more
Nationale Opera en Ballet, Busvervoer naar schoolmatinees
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Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Bus transport to school matinees, 2024-2025
The mission of the Dutch National Opera & Ballet (NOB) is for everyone to experience the magic of opera... more
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools
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'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools, 2024-2026
Welcome to the Orchestra is the education program of the... more
'Old Man at the Window' (1653), Samuel van Hoogstraten, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
vanaf 1 feb
'The Art of Illusion. Samuel van Hoogstraten', Rembrandt House, Amsterdam, 2025
At the 'The Art of Illusion' exhibition visitors to the Rembrandt House Museum get to know Rembrandt... more
'LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) and French Romanticism' exhibition, Dordrechts Museum
t/m 23 mar
'LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer (1795 - 1858) and French Romanticism' exhibition, Dordrechts Museum, 2024-2025
The Dordrechts Museum is organising 'LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) and... more
Museum Het Spinozahuis, Rijnsburg
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Museum Het Spinozahuis exhibition, Rijnsburg, 2024-2025
Museum Het Spinozahuis is using powerful, innovative means to appeal to a broad range of people: interested laypeople... more
Art on your Plate, dance and music in the classroom, 2024-2025
t/m feb
Art on your Plate, dance and music in the classroom, 2024-2025
Since 2012 the Follow a Muse Foundation (FAM) has been producing and distributing online cultural education packages... more
The Residents, educatie voor kinderen van groep 5 t/m 8
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'The Residents', music education for children aged eight to twelve, 2024-2025
The Residents is the Residentie Orkest's prime educational project for children aged between eight and... more
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