Maritime and Naval Museums: Holland

Note: At 10:10 on October 10, 1995,The Netherlands switched to all 10-digit telephone numbers. I.e., the area codes and telephone numbers for some areas changed. Where known, the new numbers have been so indicated. The old numbers will be valid until the 10th of April 1996.

Ameland Hollum (Friesland)

Reddingsmuseum Abraham Fock

Oranjeweg 18,
NL-9161 CC Ameland Hollum.

Telephone: +31 (0)5191 54243

A local life saving museum.

Amsterdam

Amsterdams historisch Museum

Kalverstraat 92,
NL-1012 RM Amsterdam.

Telephone: +31 (0)20 523 1822
Telefax: +31 (0)20 620 7789

Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10:00-17:00; Saturday-Sunday 11:00-17:00.

The Amsterdam historical museum has several ship-models and marin paintings on display.

Museumwerft 't Kromhout

Hoogte Kadijk 147,
NL-1018 BJ Amsterdam.

Telephone: +31 (0)20 627 6777
Telefax: +31 (0)20 627 6777
WWW: http://www.hi.nl/musea/dockyard.htm [In English]
http://www.amsterdam.nl/piga/ [In Dutch]

Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10:00-16:00; Closed public holidays.

A working wooden shipyard museum, which also is one of Amsterdam's oldest shipyards. A large collection of ship-engines is on display.

Rijksmuseum

Stadhouderskade 42,
NL-1007 AD Amsterdam.

Telephone: +31 (0)20 6732121
Telefax: +31 (0)20 6798146

Opening hours: Daily 10:00-17:00; Closed January 1.

The Dutch History gallery exhibits several ship models, among them the large scale model of the VOC-ship Prins Willem of 1651. There is also a large collection of Dutch naval models from the 17th to 19th century in the reserve collection. These will eventually be displayed in a separate gallery.

The Coat-of-Arms from the stern of the English warship Royal Charles captured at the Dutch raid on Medway in June 1667 is on display together with the stern laterns.

The famous Dutch marine painters are also well represented both in the Dutch History gallery and other galleries.

Nederlands Scheepsvaartmuseum

Kattenburgerplein 1,
NL-1018 KK Amsterdam.

Telephone: +31 (0)20 523 2222
Telefax: +31 (0)20 523 2213
WWW: http://www.generali.nl/scheepvaartmuseum [In Dutch]

The museum is located about one kilometer east of the central railway station. Take bus 22 or 28 from the Central Station or the Museum Boat or Artis Express.

Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00-17:00; Sunday & Holidays 12:00-17:00; Mondays Closed, except for the period June 15th - September 14th when the museum is open 10:00-17:00.
Library: 12:00-17:00.

Museum ships:

Amsterdam (1990), a reconstruction of an 18th century VOC-ship built from contemporary plans.
Balder VL92 (1912), a fishing schooner.
Christiaan Brunings (1900), a harbour inspection vessel.

The museum, which was created in 1916 through the initiative of the Vereeniging Nederlands Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, became a Rijksmuseum in 1975. Since 1973 located in the 's Lands Zeemagazijn, a former arsenal for the Amsterdam Admiralty.
The library, which is open to the public, has more than 60.000 volumes of books [1994].

Breskens

Visserijmuseum Breskens

Kaai 1,
NL-4511 BB Breskens (Zeeland).

Telephone: +31 (0)1172 3656/1176 1711.

Opening hours: 1995-03-31—06-31: Wednesday & Saturday, 10:00-12:00, Sunday 14:00-17:00; 1995-07-01—08-31, Monday-Saturday, 10:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00, Sunday, 14:00-17:00; 1995-09-01—10-31: Wednesday & Saturday, 10:00-12:00, Sunday 14:00-17:00.

A local fishery museum.

Dordrecht

Museum Meester Simon van Gijn

Nieuwe Haven 29,
NL-3311 AP Dordrecht.

Telephone: +31 (0)78 133793; +31 (0)78 6133793 [From: 1995-10-10]

Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-17:00, Sunday and public holidays 13:00-17:00.

Drenthe

Scheepvaartmuseum

Hoofdstraat 48,
NL-9514 BG Gasselternijveen.

Telephone: +31 (0)5999 12270/12370; +31 (0)599 512270 [From: 1995-10-10]

Opening hours: April—October, Tuesday - Saturday 14:00-17:00.

Elburg

Visserijmuseum

Vispoorstraat 24,
NL-8081 CR Elburg.

A local fishery museum.

Enkhuizen

Flessenscheepjesmuseum

Zuiderspui 1,
NL-1691 GH Enkhuizen.

Telephone: +31 (0)228 318583

Opening hours: September - May 10:00-18:00; June 10:00-20:00; July - August 10:00-21:00.

The museum claims to have the largest collection of bottle-ships in the world.

Zuiderzeemuseum

Wierdijk 18,
Postbus 42
NL-1601 LA Enkhuizen.

Telephone: +31 (0)228 318260
WWW: http://www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl/

Opening hours: Indoor museum, September - June, daily 10:00-17:00; April 3 — October 31, Sundays and holidays 10:00-18:00; July - August, daily 10:00-18:00. Open air museum, April 3 — October 31, daily 10:00-17:00; Closed January 1, and December 25.

The museum has a large collection of Dutch small craft.

Groningen

Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum

Brugstraat 24-26,
NL-9711 HZ Groningen.

Telephone: +31 (0)50 122202; +31 (0)50 3122202 [From: 1995-10-10]

Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00-17:00, Sunday and public holidays 13:00-17:00, December 31 10:00-16:00; Closed Mondays, January 1, April 30, August 28, and December 25.

Den Helder

Marinemuseum

"Het Torentje",
Hoofdgracht 3,
NL-1781 AA Den Helder.

Telephone: +31 (0)223 65 7534
Telefax: +31 (0)2230 56412
WWW: http://www.marinemuseum.nl

Opening hours: April-October, Monday-Friday 10:00-17:00, Saturday-Sunday, public holidays 12:00-17:00; November-March, closed Mondays; Closed on December 25 and January 1.

Museum ships:

Hr.Ms. Abraham Crijsson (1936), a minesweeper of the Amstel-class.
Hr.Ms. Tonijn (1965), a submarine which is on display on the grounds outside the museum.

Reddingsmuseum Dorus Rijkers

Bernhardplein 10,
Keizerstraat 1a,
NL-1781 HH Den Helder.

Telephone: +31 (0)2230 18320; +31 (0)223 618320 [From: 1995-10-10]

Opening hours: Monday - Saturday 10:00-17:00, Sunday and public holidays 13:00-17:00; Closed December 25.

A local lifesaving museum.

Den Hoorn

Zee- en Scheepvaartmuseum

Diek 11a,
Texel,
Den Hoorn.

Ketelhaven

Rijksmuseum voor Scheepsarchaeologie

Vossemeerdijk 21,
NL-8251 PM Dronten.

Telephone: +31 (0)321 313287
Telefax: +31 (0)3210 12614

Opening hours: Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00; April—September, Saturday - Sunday and public holidays 10:00-17:00, October—March, Saturday - Sunday and public holidays 11:00-17:00; Closed January 1, and December 25.

Lelystad

Batavia-Werf

Oostvaardersdijk 1-9,
NL-8244 PA Lelystad (Flevoland).

Telephone: +31 320 261409
Telefax: +31 320 261360
WWW: http://home.wxs.nl/~bataviawerf/ [In Dutch and English]
http://mcs.nl./lelystad/batavia/batavia.html [In Dutch, French, German and English]

Opening hours: Daily 10:00-17:00; January 1 & December 25.

The Batavia-Werf at Lelystad has built a reconstruction of the VOC-ship the Batavia (1628).

Currently [1998] a reconstruction of the 80-gun ship De Zeven Provinciën of 1665, the flag-ship of Admiral Michiel Adriaensz. de Reuter, is being built according to traditional 17th century Dutch shipbuilding practices.

Maassluis

Nationaal Sleepvaart Museum

Hoogstraat 1-3,
NL-3142 EA Maassluis.

Telephone: +31 (0)10 591 2474

Opening hours: September—June, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 14:00-17:00; July—August, Wednesday 14:00-17:00, Saturday 11:00-17:00, Sunday 13:00-17:00.

A national tugboat museum.

Middelburg

Ramschip Schorpionen

Loskade,
NL-4331 HW Middelburg.

Telephone: +31 (0)118 63 9649; +31 (0)118 41 3297

Opening hours: 1 March - 30 October, Monday - Sunday: 10:00-17:00.

Schorpionen (1868), a ramship.

Ouwerkerk

Minischeepvaartmuseum

Viane 1,
NL-4305 RL Ouwerkerk.

Telephone: +31 (0)1114 1480.

De Rijp

Rijper Museum in 't Houten Huis

Jan Boonplein 2,
NL-1483 BL De Rijp.

Rotterdam

Maritiem Museum 'Prins Hendrik'

Leuvehaven 1,
NL-3011 EA Rotterdam.

Telephone: +31 (0)10 4132680.
Telefax: +31 (0)10 4137342.
WWW: http://www.mmph.nl/ [In Dutch]

Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-17:00, Sunday and public holidays 11:00-17:00. Closed Mondays, January 1, April 30, and December 25.
Library: Wednesday-Friday and the first Saturday in each month 10:00-17:00.

The new museum was opened in 1988 [?].

Library

The library and information center contains c25.000 book titles [1995], including virtually complete series of the register books of Lloyd's Register and Bureau Veritas. There are also 1075 journals.

Permanent exhibitions:

Schatkamer.
Open depot.
Rotterdam, van nederzetting tot wereldhaven.
Mens aan boord, op zee in de 17de/18de eeuw.

Temporary Exhibitions:

1995-04-29 -- 09-24: Exhibition: Van barken en fregatten, halfmodels, draughts and paintings of 19th century Dutch clippers and traditional 'seagoing' merchant sailing ships.
1995-09-16 -- 1996-03-10: Exhibition: Toen zij uit Rotterdam vertrokken, four centuries of European emmigration towards North American from the port of Rotterdam.
1995-09-23 -- 12-10: Exhibition: Pionier van de stoomvaart: G.M. Röntgen 1795-1995, the two hundred birthday of the Rotterdammer Gerhard Moritz Röntgen.

Museum ship:

Buffel (1868), ram-monitor.

Maritiem Buitenmuseum

Leuvehaven 50-72,
NL-3011 EA Rotterdam.

Telephone: +31 (0)10 4048072.
Telefax: +31 (0)10 4049508.
WWW: http://www.buitenmuseum.nl

Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10:00-16:00, Saturday-Sunday 12:00-16:00. Closed January 1, April 30, May 5, and December 25.

An open air museum next to the Maritiem Museum 'Prins Hendrik'.

Alles heeft een Tijd (1914), Zuidhollandse aak.
Voorwaarts I (1906), motorbeurtschip.
Stompie (19??), opdouwer [=trekkschip?]
Binkie (1925), parlevinker [=bumboat]
Graanzuiger Antwerpen No. 19 (1926), floating grain elevator.
Gruno (1900), Friese tjalk.
Dockyard V (19??), steam tug.
Dockyard IX (19??), steam tug.
Pieter Boele (19??), steam tug.
Volharding 1, steam tug.

Nationaal Technisch Instituut voor Scheepvaart

Burg. s' Jacobsplein 10,
Rotterdam.

Stichting Openlucht Binnevaartmuseum

Koningsdam 1,
NL-3011 TM Rotterdam.

Telephone: +31 (0)10 433 4430

Sliedrecht

Nationaal Baggermuseum

Molendijk 204,
NL-3361 ER Sliendrecht.

Telephone: +31 (0)1840 14166. +31 (0)184 41466 [From: 1995-10-10]

Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 14:00-17:00. Closed Sunday, Monday, and public holidays.

The national dredging museum, which is housed in the former residence of the dredging family Volker.

Sneek

Fries Scheepvaart Museum

Kleinzand 14,
NL-8601 BH Sneek.

Telephone: +31 (0)515 41 4057

Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:00, Sunday 12:00-17:00. Closed public holidays.

A local maritime museum.

Terschelling

Gemeentemuseum 't Behouden Huis

Commandeurstraat 30-32,
NL-8880 AB West-terschelling.

Texel Oudeschild

Maritiem en Jutters Museum

Barentszstraat 21,
NL-1792 AD Texel Oudeschild.

Telephone: +31 (0)2220 14956; +31 (0)222 314956 [From: 1995-10-10]
Telefax: +31 (0)2220 10456.

Opening hours: April—October, Monday - Saturday 10:00-17:00. November—March, Tuesday - Saturday 10:00-17:00. Closed Sundays, January 1, and December 25.

Vlaardingen

Museum en Instituut voor de Nederlandse Zeevisserij

Westhavenkade 53-54,
NL-3131 AG Vlaardingen.

Telephone: +31 (0)10 4348722

Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturady 10:00-17:00, Sunday 13:00-17:00. Closed Mondays, January 1, April 30, and December 25.

A national fishery museum. There is a 17th century crane at the quay in front of the museum.

Vlissingen

Maritiem attractiecentrum het Arsenaal

Arsenaalplein 1
Vlissingen.

Telephone: +31 (0)118 415400
WWW: http://www.zeelandnet.nl/drz/cultuur/29.htm [In Dutch]

Zierikzee

Maritiem Museum

Mol 25,
Gravensteen,
NL 4301 JC Zierikzee.

Telephone: +31 (0)111 413151
Telefax: +31 (0)111 417238

Opening hours: April—October, Monday - Saturday 10:00-17:00, Sunday and public holidays 12:00-17:00. Closed January 1, and December 25.

A local museum featuring the maritime history of the East Schelde. The museum is housed in the Gravensteen, a former 16th century prison.

Museumhaven

Oude Haven

Telephone: +31 (0)111 413151

Museum ships:

Mijn Genoegen (1899), a rivierklipper.
De Vrouw Adriana (1878), a hoogaar.
Leendert Abrahampolder (1967), a peilboot.

Updated 2000-11-28 by Lars Bruzelius

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