Veenkoloniaal Museum

Veenkoloniaal Museum
	Museum entrance in 2011
	Location in Groningen, Netherlands
Established	15 December 1939
Location	Museumplein 5; Veendam, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°6′25″N6°52′33″E / 53.10694°N 6.87583°E
Type	Regional museum ; History museum
Visitors	24,674 (2017)
Director	Hendrik Hachmer
Public transit access	Hertenkampstraat; Bus line 174
Website	veenkoloniaalmuseum.nl

Last updated October 26, 2024

Veenkoloniaal Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈveːŋkoːloːniˌjaːlmyˈzeːjʏm] ; 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.^[5]

Administration

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]

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References

1 2 Louis van Kelckhoven, "Tweede museum van Groningen bestaat vijfenzestig jaar" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden , 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
1 2 3 Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam, Marketing Groningen. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
1 2 "Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam lonkt naar Groningen en Duitsland" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden , 6 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
1 2 3 4 "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.
1 2 3 4 Intermuseaal Extra Februari 2008 (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen, 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Bezoekcijfers leden Federatie van musea in de province Groningen (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 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.

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[65years-1] 1 2 Louis van Kelckhoven, "Tweede museum van Groningen bestaat vijfenzestig jaar" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden , 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[groningennl-2] 1 2 3 Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam, Marketing Groningen. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[visitors2017-3] 1 2 "Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam lonkt naar Groningen en Duitsland" (in Dutch), Dagblad van het Noorden , 6 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

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[5] Herma Hekkema, "Veenkoloniaal Museum verrassend verbouwd" (in Dutch), Nieuwsblad van het Noorden , 1990. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[visitors20032005-6] 1 2 3 4 Intermuseaal Extra Februari 2008 (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen, 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

[visitors20062010-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bezoekcijfers leden Federatie van musea in de province Groningen (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

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