Veenkoloniaal Museum Explained

Veenkoloniaal Museum
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Map Type:Netherlands Groningen
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Established:[1]
Location:Museumplein 5[2]
Veendam, Netherlands
Type:Regional museum
History museum
Visitors:24,674 (2017)[3]
Director:Hendrik Hachmer
Publictransit:Hertenkampstraat
Bus line 174

Veenkoloniaal Museum (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈveːnkoːloːniˌaːl myˈzeːʏm/; English: Peat-colonial Museum) is a regional museum in the village of Veendam in the Netherlands. The museum shows not only the history of the peat district in Groningen.[2] Situated in a monumental building dating from 1911 the Veenkoloniaal Museum exhibits the development of the Groninger Peat district but also the history of hundreds of inland barges and a similar number of skippers families. For the Groningen peatdistrict the 19th century is a golden age. Agriculture, shipping and potato starch and strawboard industries flourish. Hundreds of captains sail from Veendam, Wildervank, Oude Pekela, Nieuwe Pekela to Portugal, Great Britain and the Baltic Sea. Strawboard is exported to England, which explains the name Albion of one of the factories. Amazing when you consider that these enterprising villages are situated more than forty kilometres from the coast. In 2008–2019, the museum had between 20,000 and 29,000 visitors annually.

Location

The Veenkoloniaal Museum is located at the Museumplein 5 in the village of Veendam in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.[2]

History

The museum was founded on 15 December 1939.[1]

Since 1989, the museum is housed in a former school building in the center of Veendam.[4]

Administration

Year Visitors Year Visitors
2003 17,500[5] 2010 27,003
2004 20,8852011 22,567[6]
2005 19,0692012 23,771
2006 18,271[7] 2013 20,676
2007 21,6182014 20,543
2008 28,5582015 23,581
2009 27,3212016 25,000 (est.)[8]
2017 24,674

Hendrik Andries Hachmer is director of the museum.[8]

In the years 2003 to 2019, the museum had between 17,500 and 28,600 visitors per year, with more than 25,000 visitors in 2016.[8] [5] [7] [6]

The museum is a member of the regional Museumhuis Groningen (Groningen Museum House)[9] and the national Museumvereniging (Museum Association).[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Louis van Kelckhoven, "Tweede museum van Groningen bestaat vijfenzestig jaar" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. https://toerisme.groningen.nl/en/see-and-do/culture/museums-and-monuments/veenkoloniaal-museum-veendam/1117 Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam
  3. "Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam lonkt naar Groningen en Duitsland" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 6 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. Herma Hekkema, "Veenkoloniaal Museum verrassend verbouwd" (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1990. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. http://www.museumhuisgroningen.nl/actueel/docs/IntermuseaalExtrafebr2008.pdf Intermuseaal Extra Februari 2008
  6. http://www.erfgoedpartners.nl/docs/Bezoekcijfers_2011-2015.xls Bezoekcijfers erfgoedinstellingen Groningen
  7. http://www.museumhuisgroningen.nl/actueel/docs/Bezoekcijfers_2006-2010.pdf Bezoekcijfers leden Federatie van musea in de province Groningen
  8. "Veenkoloniaal Museum in Veendam wil af van gratis toegang" (in Dutch), RTV Noord, 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  9. http://www.museumhuisgroningen.nl/overons/docs/Ledenlijst.pdf Leden Museumhuis
  10. https://www.museumvereniging.nl/Devereniging/Leden/tabid/101/MuseumId/199/Default.aspx Veenkoloniaal Museum