340:'The Voorzaan and the Westerhem' by Monet has been included in the presentation at the Zaans Museum on the Zaan landscape as a source of inspiration for artists. In addition, all 25 paintings and nine sketches that Monet produced in Zaandam in 1871 can be seen in full-size in an interactive presentation. The painting has been included in the permanent paintings exhibition and portrait gallery of Zaan residents. (The painting does not really fit into this category but takes pride of place beside this presentation.) The collection of portraits comprises pictures of members of Zaan families who were successful in one of the typical local industries of the Zaan region, as well as mayors, manufacturers, and artists. In addition, the museum has a few unusual pieces by famous and less well-known Zaan residents.
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appearance of the Zaan region changed as numerous factories were built along the banks of the River Zaan. The construction of the North Sea Canal (1876), a seaport, a lock, and railway lines at the beginning of the twentieth century allowed the Zaan factories and food industry to develop between 1918 and 1965 into the most important and best-known sector of Dutch industry. The Zaan region is also known as 'the larder of the
Netherlands'.
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Janszoon Junior). The Zaans Museum has two sub-collections: residential culture and industrial culture. Within the residential culture collection, the museum displays the traditional regional costume, Zaan-style painted furniture, and tools and utensils found in Zaandam homes. The industrial collection comprises heritage originating from major Zaan-based companies such as Verkade, Bruynzeel, Honig,
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preserve the region's heritage. The original exhibition of âZaanlandsche
Oudheden en Merkwaardighedenâ (Zaan antiquities and curiosities) was held at the Zaandam city hall in August and September 1874. A modern reconstruction of this nineteenth-century exhibition shows what the people of the time considered to be typical of the Zaan region.
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Weavers House is one of the locations of the Zaans Museum at the Zaanse Schans. The focus at the Weaver's House is on the craft of weaving sailcloth in the nineteenth century. Two families lived here in the eighteenth century and there were five looms. The current exhibition shows the residential
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in the Zaan region. It is the story behind the 28 war memorials and resistance memorials found in the Zaan region. The monuments refer to events from the Second World War. Here you can see 28 mini-documentaries, featuring eyewitnesses talking about these events. The documentaries have been produced
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The permanent exhibition âTypisch Zaansâ (Typical of the Zaan region) shows a reconstruction of an exhibition from 1874, which forms the basis for the current collection of the Zaans Museum. Local historians and collectors recorded the history of the Zaan region in books and collections in order to
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currently comprises five exhibitions: âDe
Zaanstreek maakt hetâ (The Zaan region really makes it), âTypisch Zaansâ (Typical of the Zaan region), âMonet en het Zaanse Landschapâ (Monet and the Zaan landscape), 'Monumenten Spreken' (Monuments Speak - The Zaan region in the Second World War), and the
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Museum will be brought under the auspices of the Zaans Museum. Over the course of 2017, part of the collection will be shown in two electricity substations on the
Hembrug site. The monumental buildings, objects, photos, films, and documents show the history of the former Artillerie Inrichtingen
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making, circa 1960. The interior of the
Cooperage came from the cooper's and barrel trading company S.R. Tiemstra & Sons from Oostzanerwerf in the north of Amsterdam. Upon his death, the last cooper - Jaap Tiemstra - bequeathed the entire cooperage and its contents to the Zaans Museum. The
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The permanent exhibition âDe Zaanstreek maakt hetâ (The Zaan region really makes it) presents the history of industry in the Zaan region. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Zaan region was well known for its large number of windmills and shipyards. In the nineteenth century, the
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The Zaans Museum is both physically connected with the Zaanse Schans and connected in terms of its exhibits. It sets itself the objective of offering extra depth to tourist visits to the Zaanse Schans by linking the archetypal image of 'Holland' with the factual history of the
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lodged in this little wooden house in 1697 when he came to learn the shipwright's trade. In 1823, a shell was built around the house to protect it. The current stone shell dates from 1895. Many people, including Russian Tsars, Dutch monarchs, and even
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Part of the collection of the Zaans Museum is on display at the Honig Breet House. At the Honig Breet House, visitors can experience how a family of merchants and paper makers lived in the Zaan region in 1830. The museum is situated on Lagedijk in
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The museum houses cultural-historical and regional collections examining the residential and industrial culture. In 2015, the museum acquired a painting from the Zaan period (4 June â 8 October 1871) of the French impressionist painter
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midway through the nineteenth century. Children and adults alike can take a step back in time by dressing up in traditional Zaan costumes from that period. The cottage is a replica. The original dates from 1860 and can be seen at the
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A new introduction for the permanent collection - in which âOld Hollandâ is explained as an important reason for tourists to visit the Zaanse Schans - is currently being prepared and is expected to open in 2017/2018.
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situation of one family with two looms. The Weaver's House served as a weaving mill until the start of the twentieth century. At that time, the house stood on Dorpsstraat in nearby
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barrels produced served as packaging material for butter, milk, vinegar, oil, fish, fruit, vegetables, jenever (Dutch gin), rum, and all kinds of beer and wine.
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