| Summary: | After five years of restoration, the Gouden Koets is ready to hit the road again. Will she remain the eye-catcher on Prinsjesdag and during inaugurations and Orange weddings? Or does she actually belong in a museum? More and more Dutch people take offense at the paintings on the coach, which refer to the colonial past. Others cherish the driving fairy tale. This richly illustrated book tells important and surprising stories about the Golden Coach in an accessible way. How did it actually come about, what did they want to achieve with it? How has she been used since then? What symbolism exactly is incorporated in it? And why has it been the subject of discussion and protest since the first idea, in 1896? Renowned authors and young talents examine these and other issues. This book will be published with the exhibition De Gouden Koets (Amsterdam Museum, June 2021 to February 2022), where the coach can be seen again for the first time since its restoration. This polyphonic exhibition aims to stimulate public debate about the future of the Golden Coach. To this end, a large public campaign is being set up in which, among other things, it is investigated in all provincial capitals what the Golden Coach means for people, and what its future should be. The results are presented to King Willem-Alexander.
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