was the location of the Parktheater. In the Plancius building (1876) on Plantage Kerklaan, Oefening Baart Kunst practised their performing arts. Artis Schouwburg, later called Hollandsche Schouwburg, famously premiered many plays by Herman Heijermans. It was this building that, on 18 July 1942, became a deportation centre from which arrested Jews were deported to extermination camps during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands; students of the nearby University of Amsterdam evacuated Jewish babies to the countryside under the direction of Johan van Hulst. After the war it became a memorial to the Jewish victims. Hollandsche Schouwburg is currently managed by the Jewish Historical Museum. Street names Plantage's main road is called Plantage Middenlaan. Most other street names in the neighbourhood also start with the name Plantage: Plantage Parklaan, Plantage Kerklaan, Plantage Doklaan, Plantage Badlaan, Plantage Lepellaan, Plantage Muidergracht, Plantage Westermanlaan (formerly Plantage Prinsenlaan) and Plantagekade. The street formerly known as Plantage Franselaan is now called Henri Polaklaan, after Henri Polak, a trade unionist and politician. Listed buildings and architecture The Wertheimpark, with the Auschwitz Memorial. The whitewashed townhouses by G.W. Breuker, on Henri Polaklaan, Plantage Middenlaan, and Plantage Parklaan (1865). Hortus Botanicus (1682). Hollandsche Schouwburg (1893). The Groote Museum (Great Museum), with the King's Hall and Tiger Hall, at Artis zoo, Plantage Middenlaan 41a-43, by J. van Maurik (ca. 1855). The Library Building at Artis, by G.B. Salm (1868). Huize Welgelegen, a staff residence building at Artis (18th century). Huize Weltevreden (18th century). The Artis Aquarium Building, Plantage Middenlaan 53, by A. Salm and G.B. Salm (1882). The St. Jacob retirement home, Plantage Middenlaan 52 (1861). The Muiderpoort city gate (1770). Huis met de Vazen (house with the vases) on the corner of Plantage Middenlaan and Plantage Lepellaan (1874). Modern developments: The Moederhuis (Mother House) by Aldo van Eyck, Plantage Middenlaan 33-35 (1978). The new developments of the St. Jacob's retirement home. Museums The Plantage neighbourhood includes museums such as: Jewish Historical Museum Hortus Botanicus Natura Artis Magistra Verzetsmuseum Until 1910, the Ethnographic Museum was located in the Volharding building on the Artis complex. Until 2010 the building housed an exhibition space of the Zoological Museum Amsterdam at the aquarium building, along with a geological museum until 2011. In 2011 and 2012 the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum was also located in the Plantage area. Studios The former cinema Desmet, at Plantage Middenlaan 4, is now host to Desmet Studio, where TV