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Turing Foundation

The Turing Foundation was established in 2006 by Pieter and Françoise Geelen. We support projects in the fields of visual arts and music education, the protection of the climate and marine biodiversity, and the eradication of leprosy as a disfiguring disease.
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Annual Report 2024
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Our most recent projects


Art • October 2025
Gerard van Honthorst retrospective, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2026
Centraal Museum is organising an ambitious international retrospective exhibition on painter Gerard van Honthorst from April to September 2026. It will be first comprehensive solo exhibition dedicated to the artist. Like no other seventeenth-century artist, Gerard van Honthorst was able to... more


Art • October 2025
'Amrita Sher-Gil - Icon of Modern Art in India', Drents Museum, 2026
'Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque and many others. India belongs only to me,' Amrita Sher-Gil (Budapest 1913-1941 Lahore) wrote in 1938. She is regarded as the 'Indian Frida Kahlo'. Yet outside India she is little known by the general public, even though in many ways she measures... more


Art • October 2025
'Thyssen-Bornemisza in the Mauritshuis', The Hague, 2026-2027
In autumn 2026, the Mauritshuis and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid will simultaneously exchange 25 highlights from their respective collections, centred on the theme 'humanity as a universal source of inspiration for art'. The selection includes masterpieces by various world-famous... more


Art • October 2025
'Nature in Motion - Wilhelmina Barns-Graham 1912-2004', Museum Belvédère, Oranjewoud, 2026
Museum Belvédère is organising the first retrospective outside the United Kingdom on Scottish painter Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004). In 1940, she settled in St Ives in Cornwall, which would become a centre of British modernism in the 1950s and 1960s, under Barbara... more


Art • October 2025
'Alle hens aan dek!', interactive music education for pupils aged six to ten, 2025-2026
Stichting Wiebeltenen (the Wiggly-Toes Foundation) is a musical collective working in the cultural sector in the north of the Netherlands (the provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe). From September 2026, it will stage the performance Alle hens aan dek! (All Hands on... more


Art • October 2025
NDT Class Series, Nederlands Dans Theater, 2025-2027
The Nederlands Dans Theater's (NDT) educational programme, NDT Class Series, is aimed at pupils from Reception to Year Six (aged five to eleven). It focuses intentionally on collaboration with schools where cultural participation is not a matter of course. By getting children to dance, watch dance and... more


Nature • October 2025
Protecting Underwater Pinnacles, Trat, Thailand, 2025-2026
Pacific Environment works around the world on nature conservation in collaboration with local communities. In the Thai province Trat, the organisation is focused on four exceptional underwater pinnacles which teem with biodiversity and underwater life. These sensitive areas are threatened by... more


Nature • October 2025
Week without Meat 2.0, the Netherlands, 2025-2026
Stichting Week Zonder Vlees (Week Without Meat Foundation) stimulates a flexitarian diet and makes people in the Netherlands aware of the positive impact a lower consumption of meat and dairy has on people, animals and the environment. The foundation develops campaigns in the Netherlands and abroad, with the... more


Nature • October 2025
Industry agreement on the protein transition, the Netherlands, 2025
Questionmark is an independent thinktank. Their mission is to ensure our food environment supports a healthy, sustainable, fair and animal-friendly food system. The aim of this project is to reduce the consumption of animal protein by making industry agreements with Dutch supermarkets. The... more


Nature • October 2025
Investigation into the Illegal Shark Fin Trade, 2025-2026
The Wildlife Justice Commission's mission is to disrupt and help dismantle the transnational criminal networks that trade in wildlife, timber and fish. They do this by gathering evidence and to use the collected materials to enforce governments to take more responsibility. This project specifically... more


Nature • October 2025
Protection of the Dogger Bank, the Netherlands, 2025-2026
Blue Marine Foundation is established in 2010 with the objective to protect and restore marine life. The organization was founded by the team that created the award-winning book and documentary "The End of the Line', a story that showed the damage that is caused due to overfishing marine... more


Nature • October 2025
Conserving the forest ecosystem of Wologizi-Wonegizi, Liberia, 2025
Two rainforests, Wologizi and Wonegizi in northern Liberia, are seriously threatened by poaching, mining and rapidly increasing agricultural activity. As local communities have few alternatives, there is increasing interest in commercial activities that will damage the rainforest further.... more


Art • October 2025
Raad van de Raaf. Een doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, 2025-2029
The Wereldmuseum is organising a new long-term exhibition as part of Wereldmuseum Junior. The Council of the Raven is a "hands-on exhibition for climate heroes," aiming to engage 180,000 children and families in the coming five-and-a-half years. Addressing the... more


Nature • October 2025
'Together for a healthy and sustainable food system', Netherlands, 2025
Our daily food choices greatly influence the climate, biodiversity, our health, animal welfare and global food security. For this reason, ProVeg Netherlands campaigns for more plant-based production and consumption patterns. The number of flexitarians has greatly increased in the last ten... more


Leprosy • October 2025
Extra clofazimine for MB cases at high risk of ENL reactions, 2025-2027
Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL) is a serious and very painful leprosy complication. The disease can be treated with the drug clofazimine. This research project aims to evaluate whether treating leprosy patients with extra clofazimin reduces the severity and frequency of ENL and whether it... more


Leprosy • October 2025
MetLep Trial: Metformin as adjunct therapy for MB leprosy, 2025
Metformin is a cheap and safe medicine which has been used to treat diabetes for a long time. Research into tuberculosis patients, which is caused by a bacterium similar to leprosy, has demonstrated that metformin has a beneficial effect on the immune system. The IOCRL (Universities of Indonesia... more

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The Turing Foundation only supports applications in the areas of climate change, marine and coastal biodiversity, visual arts in Dutch museums, music education, and leprosy control. If your project meets our criteria, your application is most welcome.
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Now on view:

'Alle hens aan dek!', interactive music education for pupils aged six to ten
t/m jun'28
'Alle hens aan dek!', interactive music education for pupils aged six to ten, 2025-2026
Stichting Wiebeltenen (the Wiggly-Toes Foundation) is a musical collective working in the cultural sector in the north of the Netherlands (the provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe). From...more
NDT Class Series, Nederlands Dans Theater
t/m dec'27
NDT Class Series, Nederlands Dans Theater, 2025-2027
The Nederlands Dans Theater's (NDT) educational programme, NDT Class Series, is aimed at pupils from Reception to Year Six (aged five to eleven). It focuses intentionally on collaboration with schools where...more
Raad van de Raaf. Een doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
t/m jun'29
Raad van de Raaf. Een doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, 2025-2029
The Wereldmuseum is organising a new long-term exhibition as part of Wereldmuseum Junior. The Council of the Raven is a "hands-on exhibition for climate heroes," aiming to engage 180,000...more
Groove Beest in je buurt, BIMhuis Amsterdam
t/m 30 jun'26
Groove Beast in your neigbourhood, BIMhuis Amsterdam, 2025-2026
Groove Beast, the BIMhuis' music education programme, is about renewing jazz education, centred on creative freedom and discovering one's own talents. Groove Beast in your Neighbourhood is part of this...more
Iron Triangle, Co Rentmeester - World Press Photo of the Year 1967
vanaf 9 oct
'Co Rentmeester - Universal Photographer', FOAM Amsterdam, 2025-2026
Dutch photographer Co Rentmeester belongs to the rare category of photographers who have not only captured images but have also actively contributed to the development of photographic language itself. His...more
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools
t/m 30 jun'26
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools, 2025-2026
Welcome to the Orchestra is the education program of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) for primary schools and special needs schools. During five weeks children are...more
'From Bauhaus to Mecca', Design Museum Den Bosch, 2025-2026
vanaf 8 nov
'From Bauhaus to Mecca', Design Museum Den Bosch, 2025-2026
The exhibition From Bauhaus to Mecca explores German architect Dr Mahmoud Bodo Rasch's (b. 1943) life's work. His family background is rooted in Bauhaus architecture and art. He studied architecture in...more
Zuiderzeewijk Music Playground, Lelystad, 2025 - 2026
t/m aug'26
Zuiderzeewijk Music Playground, Lelystad, 2025 - 2026
The Zuiderzeewijk Lelystad Music Playground opened its doors at the start of the 2024 - 2025 school year. Much like a sports field, children come after school to play: making music together. Although the concept of...more
'Blaaskaken,' Cadenza Twello Music Association
t/m aug'26
'Blaaskaken', Cadenza Music Association, Twello, 2025-2028
The project Blaaskaken ("windbags") is developing a structural in-school music education programme at primary schools in Twello and the surrounding area. The initiative was introduced by Cadenza Twello Music...more
Klasse[n]orkest, Stichting TacT Muziek, eastern Netherlands, 2025 - 2028
t/m aug'28
Klasse(n)orkest, Stichting TacT Muziek, eastern Netherlands, 2025-2028
Stichting TacT Muziek's Klasse(n)orkest East Netherlands project aims to give a boost to instrumental music education in the eastern Netherlands by establishing Klasse(n)orkesten (class orchestras). A...more
Museum Het Spinozahuis, Rijnsburg
t/m 21 feb'26
Museum Het Spinozahuis exhibition, Rijnsburg, 2025-2026
Museum Het Spinozahuis is using powerful, innovative means to appeal to a broad range of people: interested laypeople (day-trippers, tourists), specialists and students. It makes philosophical themes accessible to...more
Michelangelo and Men, Teylers Museum, Haarlem
vanaf 14 oct
'The Men of Michelangelo, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, 2025-2026
In The Men of Michelangelo, the Teylers Museum explores the prominent role of the male body in nearly all of Michelangelo Buonarroti's (1475-1564) work. The figures are often nude, muscular and depicted in...more
La Muse Endormie (1910), Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957)
t/m 18 jan'26
Brancusi from Centre Pompidou, H'Art Museum, Amsterdam, 2025-2026
H'ART Museum, formerly known as the Hermitage Amsterdam, is an independent museum found at Amstel 51 in the historic Amstelhof building. After severing ties with Russia in 2022, the museum was rebranded as...more
Het Leerorkest
t/m dec
Het Leerorkest, 2025
The Leerorkest (founded in 2005) wants to give as many children as possible the opportunity of discovering how much fun it is to play an instrument and make music together. They do so by giving primary school pupils weekly music...more
In-school learning choir, Amsterdam
t/m 1 nov
In-school learning choir, Amsterdam, 2025
Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam (NVA) will start in May 2024 with in-school learning choirs in collaboration with the Leerorkest Amsterdam. With the donation from the Turing Foundation, NVA is able to provide two singing classes...more
Meester I.S., Portret van een oude vrouw, 1651. Collectie Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wenen
vanaf 11 oct
'Masterful Mystery - About Rembrandt's Enigmatic Contemporary', Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 2025-2026
For the first time in history, the haunting and melancholic works of seventeenth-century artist Master I.S. are being brought together in an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal. Surrounded by...more
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools
t/m 30 jun'26
'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools, 2024
Welcome to the Orchestra is the education program of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) for primary schools and special needs schools. During five weeks children are...more

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