The annual ceramics market returns. After successful and well-attended ceramic days in 2021 and 2022, the three-day heritage ramsj returns with beautiful pieces, authentic Maastricht ceramics and glass. Also take a look at the tables and the cabinets, because they're for sale as well! Please note the new dates in your calendar!
Bureau Europa presents the Showroom. Housed in the former Director's Villa of the Sphinx factories, parts of the rich history of Maastricht's ceramic culture are being restored to their former glory. The old Sphinx showroom comes to life for three days with a ceramics and glassware sale in collaboration with the Maastricht Earthenware Heritage Foundation.
To celebrate Maastricht's ceramic culture, the old showroom has been restored to its former glory and collectors and enthusiasts have been bringing together knowledge and presentations since 2021. The Showroom will come alive for three days with beautiful pieces of authentic Maastricht glass and ceramics.
Also, two photo presentations will be on show of the former Ceramics Atelier by photographer Aron Nijs and the Social History Centre Limburg.
The Bureau Europa building opened in 1911 and was the showroom of the Sphinx, Maastricht's most famous industry, on Boschstraat. The old showroom was full of glass, crystal and porcelain, overlooked by the statue of the factories' founder: Petrus Regout. Today it is the large exhibition hall of Bureau Europa, where exhibitions on architecture and design are presented.
Dates Fri.1 to Sun. 3 December 2023
Opening hours 12:00 to 17:00
Entrance €3 per person; Museum Card free
Impressions of The Showroom in 2021 (photo's Moniek Wegdam)
