Donation of leaded glass windows from the company H. Brenninkmeijer & Co.
Anton Heinrich (1849–1900), Felix (1855–1933) and Julius (1858–1939) share a common ancestor, Jan Hinric Brenninkmeijer (1729–1830), with the founders of C&A, Clemens (1818–1902) and August (1819–1892). Unlike the C&A line, their family line is known as the Leeuwarden line of the Brenninkmeijers. In Leeuwarden, they founded the company H. Brenninkmeijer & Co. in 1880, as indicated by the inscription on the leaded glass window.

The upper left part of the stained glass window shows a portrait of Felix Brenninkmeijer and the upper right part a portrait of Anton Heinrich Brenninkmeijer. The lower part shows Hermann Gregor (1885–1947) and Julius Leo (1893–1949), the sons of Anton Heinrich.
The window comes from the family's former commercial building in Leeuwarden, Over de Kelders 16–18.

Donated by Michiel Zuidervaart, Longerje nei it Hjoed yn Snits, 2008
In addition to the donation from Cofra AG in 2024, the remaining 155 screen prints from the estate of the recently deceased Dutch artist Michiel Zuidervaart were added to the Draiflessen Collection's depot this year. The print series was created in 2008 on commission from Cofra AG and shows six different motifs of the city of Sneek in two formats.

Donation from the Rotert Collection
The collector couple Ingrid and Manfred Rotert from Osnabrück have donated 60 high-quality artist's books, special editions, and portfolios of classical contemporary art to the Draiflessen Collection. The collection includes outstanding works by artists such as Silvia Bächli, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Eduardo Chillida, Hanne Darboven, Markus Lüpertz, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Schütte, and Günther Uecker. 

This collection enriches our collection with an independent, artistically and bibliophilically significant area of contemporary art.

Purchase Lilla Tabasso, Garden of Crispijn de Passe, 2025
Italian glass artist Lilla Tabasso (*1973) created a garden made of Murano glass especially for our cabinet exhibition A GARDEN FULL OF FLOWERS, for which she drew inspiration from the important botanical book “Hortus Floridus” by Dutch copperplate engraver Crispijn de Passe from 1614 from the Liberna Collection. The artwork was the centerpiece of the exhibition and was also commissioned for our collection in this context.

Correspondence, photos, and site plans from Haus Langenbrück in Mettingen, Westerkappeln
The collection, which spans approximately three linear meters of shelf space, promises new insights into the history of the estate, which was built as a manor in 1350. Franz Brenninkmeijer acquired the historic ensemble in 1928.

Correspondence and documents from Haus Altes Schloss in Mettingen
C&A company founder August Brenninkmeijer (1819–1892) acquired the Altes Schloss house in 1849.

Photographs, letters, films, and audio recordings of Arnold (1900–1976) and Catharina Maria Cornelia (1901–1980) Brenninkmeijer and their family
The family archive has been significantly enriched with the addition of these scanned documents. A total of 190 catalog entries have already been added to the archive database.

Documents and photographs relating to the expropriation of C&A department stores in East Germany and Poland
Forty-three moving boxes of documents arrived at the Draiflessen Collection archive from the company's own old registry in Amsterdam.

These included files on companies involved in business and charitable activities associated with C&A. More than half of these documents have already been cataloged.

Minutes of board meetings and correspondence of the Niels Stensen Foundation, 1958–2021
Documents from the Niels Stensen Foundation are among the items donated from a company archive in Amsterdam containing documents from companies involved in business and charitable activities associated with C&A.

Architectural plans of C&A department stores in Great Britain
Two moving boxes full of documents arrived at the Draiflessen Collection archive from London. They document the architectural and legal history of C&A department stores in the British Isles.

Digital reports, minutes, and presentations from Porticus Asia, approx. 2009–2023
Documents on the recent history of Porticus' charitable activities in Asia were sent to the Draiflessen Collection archive in digital form.

Documents relating to the awarding of scholarships by the Niels Stensen Fellowship are now documented in the Draiflessen Collection archive thanks to a digital submission.