Amsterdam Pipe Museum

Om museet

The collection was started by Amsterdam amateur archaeologist Don Duco in the fall of 1969, when construction work on the Keizersgracht uncovered a latrine full of 17th-century clay pipes. Collecting excavated finds quickly turned into systematic research on pipe makers and their marks. In June 1975, Duco showed the collection to the public for the first time in the so-called Pijpenkamer in the back room of a gallery on the Frederiksplein.

From 1982 to 1995 the museum was housed under the name Pijpenkabinet in Leiden, in the gatehouse of the Hofje Meermansburg. During this period the collection grew beyond the Dutch clay pipe; in 1989 the Stichting Pijpenkabinet foundation was set up to run it, and the ministry recognized the holdings as a national reference collection.

In 1995 the museum returned to Amsterdam and moved into a restored 17th-century canal house on the Prinsengracht. In historic rooms with stucco, beamed ceilings and antique furniture, more than 2,000 objects have been on display ever since – from pre-Columbian pipes to meerschaum and porcelain bowls and water, opium and ceremonial pipes from Africa and Asia. A specialist pipe shop is located in the basement.

Since 2010 the fully digitized collection, now numbering more than 30,000 objects, has been searchable online; at the same time, the name was changed to Amsterdam Pipe Museum. In 2020 the museum received a European Heritage Award from Europa Nostra for safeguarding and documenting pipe heritage. The museum operates without public subsidies; visitors are welcomed personally and accompanied through the rooms.

Højdepunkter

• Pipes from five continents in a restored 17th-century canal house
• According to the museum, the oldest pipe in the world (550 BC)
• Lattice of twenty clay pipes, each one meter long, from 1897
• Meerschaum pipe with a lid and seven silver cannons
• Opium pipes from China and ceremonial pipes from Cameroon
• Every visit personally accompanied by volunteer hosts

Grundlagt

1969

Ejer

Stichting Pijpenkabinet

Ledelse

Benedict Goes

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free with the Museumkaart, I amsterdam City Card, Go City Card and ICOM card; since the museum receives no subsidies, it asks cardholders for a donation. Free tickets cannot be booked online; the card is scanned at the ticket desk. Cash only at the ticket desk (no card or mobile payment). Online tickets are valid only for the booked time slot; rebooking or cancellation up to 6 hours in advance. The Museumkaart is available at the ticket desk.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: findes ikke
• Elevator: findes ikke
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: findes ikke
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: findes ikke

Not wheelchair-accessible due to steps: the entrance with ticket desk is three steps down in the basement, and the exhibition on the bel-étage (raised main floor) can only be reached via a staircase with a handrail. Visits for blind and visually impaired people by arrangement. Low-stimulus museum with quiet retreat spots; the Sunflower lanyard is recognized. No induction loop, no Braille materials, no tactile guide paths.

Børn og familie

Kun delvist egnet til børnAnbefales fra 6 år

Tickets are offered from age 6; according to the museum, few children visit and there are no dedicated children’s activities.

Transport & parkering

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

Specialist pipe shop in the basement with its own entrance (pipes, tobacco accessories, repair service), plus an online shop.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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