Last chance to visit exhibition 'Eendracht maakt macht'
Until 9 June, you still have the chance to visit the temporary exhibition “Eendracht maakt macht”, about the more than 100-year connection between PSV, Philips and Eindhoven. Here, Eindhoven's football pride symbolises the development into the Brainport Eindhoven metropolitan region. The exhibition tells the story of PSV, Philips and the city through its main eyewitness: Frits Philips. He kicked off the first match of the Philips Elftal (the forerunner of PSV) in 1911 as a 5-year-old boy and remained a fan of the football club until his death in 2005. He saw the city of Eindhoven grow and was closely involved in the Philips group, including 10 years as president.
Almost all developments in the Brainport region have their origins in the period between 1910 and 1928. Thanks in part to the development of light and radio, Philips became a global concern and PSV an international top club. Influenced by Philips, the town of Eindhoven, along with the surrounding villages, became one of the most important industrial cities in the Netherlands. The core values at the time have remained unchanged and continuously translated into new developments in the social field, with Gerard and Anton Philips as founding fathers.
The special combination of top sport, health, recreation, technology, education, integration and innovation has contributed greatly to the interconnectedness of Eindhoven's inhabitants. With the exhibition “Eendracht maakt macht”, the Philips Museum makes this connection visible in an attractive way and gives an impression of the role Philips played in this. Moreover, some memorable moments from PSV history will be highlighted. Among other things, there will be a hologram of the 1988 European Cup 1.
