For more than 10 years, Maarten de Jeu has worked in the management and consulting industry in a number of high-level positions. Since 2013, he has drawn on that experience as the founder and managing partner of SVM Business Advisory. Additionally, Maarten de Jeu served as a cochair of Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry’s Science Spins program.
The largest science museum in the western hemisphere, the Museum of Science and Industry features more than 35,000 artifacts across more than 400,000 square feet. Founded in 1933, the museum also includes a Center for the Advancement of Science Education. Through the center, the museum helps develop science teacher education courses and offers after-school science clubs, learning labs, and youth development programs.
A forerunner to the museum’s current Art of the Bicycle exhibit, Science Spins featured two bike rides that ended at the museum and the first look at its extensive bike collection, in addition to other activities. The museum’s collection team was available to explain the exhibits, including early bikes such as the first two-wheel bicycle, the 1818 Draisienne, and the first bike with a modern design, the 1900 No. 10 Giant. Other features of Science Spins ranged from bicycle-powered objects such as a record player and a fountain to a demonstration of bicycle restoration. Today, the Art of the Bicycle examines the history of bicycles while exploring the technology that will drive the manufacture and design of bikes of the future.
The largest science museum in the western hemisphere, the Museum of Science and Industry features more than 35,000 artifacts across more than 400,000 square feet. Founded in 1933, the museum also includes a Center for the Advancement of Science Education. Through the center, the museum helps develop science teacher education courses and offers after-school science clubs, learning labs, and youth development programs.
A forerunner to the museum’s current Art of the Bicycle exhibit, Science Spins featured two bike rides that ended at the museum and the first look at its extensive bike collection, in addition to other activities. The museum’s collection team was available to explain the exhibits, including early bikes such as the first two-wheel bicycle, the 1818 Draisienne, and the first bike with a modern design, the 1900 No. 10 Giant. Other features of Science Spins ranged from bicycle-powered objects such as a record player and a fountain to a demonstration of bicycle restoration. Today, the Art of the Bicycle examines the history of bicycles while exploring the technology that will drive the manufacture and design of bikes of the future.