Museum Scheldewerf

Om museet

Museum Scheldewerf tells the story of the shipyard Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde, which built ships in Vlissingen for 125 years. It is housed in a villa more than a hundred years old on the former shipyard grounds, right next to the machine factory. The building was constructed as a first-aid post and housed the first occupational health service in the Netherlands. In the early 1960s this moved to a new building opposite; after that the works council and trade unions used the house until 1997. Items from that time are preserved in the treatment room.

After the last user, the trade union, left the house in 2003, trade unionists and the Stadsherstel foundation campaigned for its preservation. In summer 2009 an initiative group founded the Stichting Scheepsbouwgeschiedenis Vlissingen; the municipality initially lent it the building. Since 2016 the former visitor centre has borne the name Museum Scheldewerf. After the loan agreement ended in 2021, the foundation bought the house for 100,000 euros raised by sponsors; it has belonged to the foundation since 1 January 2022.

On display are tools and objects from the construction and maintenance of ships, a collection of Delft Blue and maritime paintings, and the crane room with the well-known Kampnagel and Hensen cranes. Around 25 volunteers, often former shipyard employees, lead tours through the departments of new ship construction, boiler and apparatus construction, mechanical engineering, ship repair and other areas, and describe how work was done on site.

Højdepunkter

• History of the De Schelde shipyard in the old first-aid building
• Crane room with restored Kampnagel crane and Hensen crane
• Steam crane 38 next to the museum
• Tours by former shipyard employees
• Official Fietscafé with charging station and repair kit

Permanente udstillinger

• Geschichte der Werft De Schelde – The 125-year history of the shipyard with departments such as new ship construction, mechanical engineering and repair, as well as Delft Blue and maritime painting.
• Kranraum – Renewed crane exhibition with the restored Kampnagel crane as well as the 150-tonne Demag crane, the Hensen crane and the steam crane Schelde 38.
• Alte Verbandkamer – Treatment room of the first occupational health service in the Netherlands with preserved objects.

Grundlagt

2008

Ejer

Stichting Scheepsbouwgeschiedenis Vlissingen

Entrépriser & rabatter

Adults 7 € including coffee or tea. The Museumkaart is not valid; card payment only. Friends of the museum (from 15 € a year) have free admission for one year.

Tilgængelighed

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

A stairlift is available. Next to the museum there is a parking space for one person with a disability.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

Photo rally for children, painting Delft Blue breakfast plates with porcelain pens, folding boats, painting, games with tower cranes, and Meccano and model building under professional supervision; the activities are suitable for children's birthday parties. Children aged 4 to 17 pay 3 € including a drink.

Transport & parkering

The museum is located diagonally opposite the Damen headquarters and next to the machine factory in the Scheldekwartier.

Service & spisesteder

Coffee and tea are served on the upper floor (Bovenzaal), included in the admission. On request lunch or high tea for groups. Official Fietscafé: charge your bicycle for free, use the air pump and repair kit and fill your water bottle even without visiting the museum, during opening hours.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Firmaarrangementer

The Bovenzaal can also be rented by groups in the evening (10 € per hour); projector, screen and large-screen TV available.

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