Meet the Team

Dr. Jurn Buisman – Director at Museum Geelvinck

I have been professionally active in the cultural heritage sector since the late eighties. Having been raised in an artistic and industrialist home, after studying economics and information sciences, I established Museum Geelvinck in a canal mansion in Amsterdam in 1991. From an applied art-orientated museum, I evolved it – together with my wife, Dunya Verwey – into a space for stories related to the history of its past inhabitants: from historic gardens to slavery, from porcelains to slow-food. We also organised exhibitions abroad, at the UN, in Russia, Taiwan and more. Since 2004, we started to focus on early keyboard instruments and today look after the largest Dutch collection of early pianos. I continue to oversee the creative and research side of the Museum as well as the management of its collection.

I was a member of the World Economic Forum and have developed heritage conservation and cultural dialogue efforts for the UN. Today, I am secretary general for ICOMOS Netherlands, vice-president Europe ISCCL, active for ISC Water & Heritage and WGClimate Change, as well as CIMCIM, ICLCM, Dem Hist, Europa Nostra, REMA, InterpretEurope, Slow Food and more

Dunya Verwey – Concert Programming & Newsletter

Zack Schaap – Collections Manager

I am from California and am working in the Netherlands for the moment. I studied archaeology and museum studies at Durham University in the UK. I am responsible for inventorizing and cataloguing the collection of pianos as well as non-musical objects within the collection. I enjoy the job as it allows me to apply what I have learned at university. As a hobby I am interested in numismatics, especially coins from Great Britain.

Gijs Wilderom – Conservator-restaurator collection early pianos

Ksenia Kiselova – PR & Communications

My name is Ksenia Kiselova, and I have lived in Amsterdam since 2018. I am a Research Master’s student at the University of Amsterdam. I specialise in Heritage, Memory and Archaeology. My interest in heritage and my past professional experiences have brought me to Museum Geelvinck, where I am working as the PR and Communications Intern. I am pleased to be a part of the Museum’s team as I find its mission of bringing people closer to the history and heritage of sound very crucial. Through assisting Museum Geelvinck with communications and its online presence, I want to make sure that the Museum’s great work of memory preservation is widely recognised and appreciated.

Michel Agterberg – Filmmaker & Video Producer

Michel Agterberg is an independent filmmaker and video producer. He makes video productions for companies and cultural institutions. After completing his music registration training at The Hague Conservatory, he worked for various audiovisual companies, where he made radio and TV commercials and corporate films. In 2012 he started his own business: Michel Agterberg Video Productions. His strength is making film with a strong story in which the atmosphere supports the content.