Veenkoloniaal Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveːŋkoːloːniˌjaːl myˈzeːjʏm]; 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.[1] 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.
 Museum entrance in 2011 | |
  Location in Groningen, Netherlands | |
| Established | 15 December 1939[2] |
|---|---|
| Location | Museumplein 5[1] Veendam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 53°6′25″N 6°52′33″E / 53.10694°N 6.87583°E |
| Type | Regional museum History museum |
| Visitors | 24,674 (2017)[3] |
| Director | Hendrik Hachmer[4] |
| Public transit access | Hertenkampstraat Bus line 174 |
| Website | veenkoloniaalmuseum.nl |
Location
editThe Veenkoloniaal Museum is located at the Museumplein 5 in the village of Veendam in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.[1]
History
editThe museum was founded on 15 December 1939.[2]
Since 1989, the museum is housed in a former school building in the center of Veendam.[5]
Administration
edit| Year | Visitors | Year | Visitors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 17,500[6] | 2010 | 27,003[7] | |
| 2004 | 20,885[6] | 2011 | 22,567[8] | |
| 2005 | 19,069[6] | 2012 | 23,771[8] | |
| 2006 | 18,271[7] | 2013 | 20,676[8] | |
| 2007 | 21,618[7] | 2014 | 20,543[8] | |
| 2008 | 28,558[7] | 2015 | 23,581[8] | |
| 2009 | 27,321[7] | 2016 | 25,000 (est.)[4] | |
| 2017 | 24,674[3] |
Hendrik Andries Hachmer is director of the museum.[4]
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.[4][6][7][8]
The museum is a member of the regional Museumhuis Groningen (Groningen Museum House)[9] and the national Museumvereniging (Museum Association).[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam, Marketing Groningen. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ a b Louis van Kelckhoven, "Tweede museum van Groningen bestaat vijfenzestig jaar" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam lonkt naar Groningen en Duitsland" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden, 6 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Veenkoloniaal Museum in Veendam wil af van gratis toegang" (in Dutch), RTV Noord, 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Herma Hekkema, "Veenkoloniaal Museum verrassend verbouwd" (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 1990. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d Intermuseaal Extra Februari 2008 (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen, 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Bezoekcijfers leden Federatie van musea in de province Groningen (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Bezoekcijfers erfgoedinstellingen Groningen Archived 21 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch), Stichting Erfgoedpartners, 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Leden Museumhuis (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Veenkoloniaal Museum (in Dutch), Museumvereniging. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
External links
edit
- Veenkoloniaal Museum, official website