Zaans Museum
 Location in the greater Amsterdam area
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| Established | 1994 |
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Zaanse Schans Zaandam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°28′24″N 4°49′20″E / 52.473333°N 4.822222°ECoordinates: 52°28′24″N 4°49′20″E / 52.473333°N 4.822222°E |
| Type | Industrial heritage museum |
| Visitors | 56,498 (2013) |
| Director | Jan Hovers |
| President | P. W. Middelhoven |
| Curator | Hester Wandel |
| Website | www |
Zaans Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [zaːns myˈzeːjɵm]) is a museum in Zaandam, Netherlands, located at the Zaanse Schans. It opened in 1998 to preserve and protect the heritage of the Zaan area. In 2009, the museum was extended with the addition of the Verkade Experience.
In 2016, the Zaans Museum opened three locations with living history at the Zaanse Schans: the Cooperage, the Jisper House, and the Weaver’s House. Another annex of the Zaans Museum is the Tsar Peter House in the centre of Zaandam.
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 – 8 October 1871) of the French impressionist painter Claude Monet, entitled 'The Voorzaan and the Westerhem'.
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 Zaan region.
The museum is home to cultural-historical and regional collections. It is based on the collection of the Vereniging tot Instandhouding en Uitbreiding der Zaanlandse Oudheidkundige Verzameling Jacob Honig Janszoon Junior (Society for the Preservation and Expansion of the Zaan Region Antiquarian Collection Jacob Honig 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, Albert Heijn, and Lassie.
The permanent collection of the Zaans Museum currently comprises five exhibitions: ‘De Zaanstreek maakt het’ (The Zaan region really makes it), ‘Typisch Zaans’ (Typical of the Zaan region), ‘Monet en het Zaanse Landschap’ (Monet and the Zaan landscape), 'Monumenten Spreken' (Monuments Speak - The Zaan region in the Second World War), and the ‘Verkade Experience’. A new introduction for the permanent collection - in which ‘Old Holland’ 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. At the Zaans Schans, the Zaans Museum manages three external locations: the Weaver's House, the Cooperage, and the Jisper House.
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