Woonboot Museum

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hendrika Maria houses the houseboat museum
living room

The Woonboot Museum (German: Hausbootmuseum ; English: Houseboat Museum ) is located in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam in Prinsengracht 296 K. The Hendrika Maria , originally a cargo ship for the transport of sand and gravel, was set up as a museum in 1967. Many original details have been preserved during the renovation work. The museum offers visitors an insight into life on the water.

history

The former cargo ship was built in Gendt in 1913 . It was 15 meters long and 3.80 meters wide. After being converted into a houseboat, it was inhabited for around 20 years. The name, "Hendrika Maria", comes from the wife of the first ship's captain. The ship was rebuilt in 1998 and is now around 23 meters long and 4.5 meters wide. The initiative for the museum came from the former teacher of biology and chemistry, Vincent van Loon. With the museum, Van Loon would like to show visitors what it is like to live on a houseboat and how the cargo ship was used in the past.

By 2004 the museum had around 25,000 visitors and was also attracting international attention, including from German, Japanese and Korean television. The museum is a private initiative and operates without subsidies . Unlike many other museums, photos can be taken and there is a café in the living room ( zitkamer ), which is furnished in the 1950s style. The facility gives the visitor a realistic impression as if the boat were still inhabited and shows how Dutch people live on a houseboat. In Amsterdam alone around 6,000 people (as of early 2013) live on houseboats.

The Woonboot Museum has a shop, among other things with books about houseboats. The museum's exhibition provides information on "all aspects of life on the houseboat". A brochure is available in 20 languages ​​that answers many questions about houseboats.

Coffee, tea and soft drinks are available in the café. There is an opportunity for children to play. The “Baedeker Allianz Amsterdam Travel Guide” describes the houseboat museum with the words: “Since the summer of 1997, the Woonbootmuseum has enriched the museum landscape in Amsterdam. At the height of house number 296 is “Hendrika Maria”, a gravel freighter built in 1904. The cargo hold has been converted into a comfortable living room / bedroom. "

The museum is said to be the only one of its kind in the world.

The museum is located at the beginning of the Elandsgracht opposite the Johnny Jordaan -Plein on Prinsengracht 296 K.

See also

Web links

Commons : Woonbootmuseum  - collection of pictures

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ambacht aan de Elandsgracht . Dutch, accessed March 20, 2013
  2. ↑ Interview by Judith Hesp with Vincent van Loon ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Dated May 2005. Dutch, accessed March 20, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.soomer.nl
  3. ↑ Among other things information about the Woonbootmuseum (German). Retrieved March 20, 201
  4. ^ The official site of Holland . With photo and map. Dutch, accessed March 20, 2013
  5. ↑ Baedeker Allianz travel guide Amsterdam . Publishing house Karl Baedeker GmbH. Ostfildern, ISBN 3-875041291 . P. 208
  6. ↑ Het enige Woonbootmuseum ter wereld . The information site De Jordaan tussen taal en beeld writes that the Woonbootmuseum is the only one in the world.

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 '12.63 "  N , 4 ° 52' 57.39"  E