Grand March Tour with Amber Vineyard

Amber Vineyard

Many people active in the ballroom scene are members of a 'house'. This represents a group of people who have chosen each other as 'family', with a safe home in which there is room for every individual.

Amber Vineyard is the 'mother' of the dynamic and internationally recognized House of Vineyard. House of Vineyard celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and has grown into more than a community that organizes or participates in balls: it is a powerful movement that has introduced and continues to enrich ballroom culture in the Netherlands.

“ Ballroom is an environment where art and activism meet. It is a form of protest and resistance, and a radical celebration of our existence and our right to take up space.”   -Amber Vineyard

More information and tickets

Please note: The language of the tour is English. For the tour you pay a surcharge of €5 on top of the regular entrance price for the museum.

About the exhibition

In the rooms of Amsterdam Museum location Huis Willet-Holthuysen, House of Vineyard shows the power of ballroom culture with radical fashion interventions and art installations. The exhibition is a celebration of queerness, a testament to the perseverance of the spirit, and a tribute to a group of people who refused to be invisible.

Themes such as resistance, community building and self-expression play a major role. For the Grand March exhibition. A Historic House through a Ballroom Lens takes ballroom house House of Vineyard visitors through the historic spaces of Huis Willet-Holthuysen from the perspective of the contemporary ballroom scene. She does this by supplementing the spaces of the Amsterdam mansion with installations of fashion, jewelry, photography and visual arts.