Museumwerf Vreeswijk

Om museet

The Museumwerf lies on the waterfront of the Vaartse Rijn in the former skippers' village of Vreeswijk, a hub of centuries-old waterways and long a centre of inland shipping. It occupies the grounds of the former Buitenweg shipyard. Adrianus Buitenweg took over a shipbuilding business in 1856; when the yard at the Old Lock became too small, the family moved further north to the Vaartse Rijn in the early 20th century.

Wooden ships were repaired there at first; after the First World War the yard switched to iron ships. After the Second World War a new slipway for sideways launching, workshops for steel and wood and an engine workshop were added. The fourth generation ran the business until environmental regulations became too strict and large ships could no longer be serviced. The municipality bought the yard, which now serves as the Museumwerf.

The museum tells the story of Dutch inland shipping, the waterways and the region; the yard continues to operate and offers its facilities to owners of older ships. The site includes a visitor centre, an exhibition room, a museum harbour with historic ships, tour boats and the Theehuys.

Højdepunkter

• Active historic shipyard with a slipway for sideways launching and workshops
• Visitor centre with models of the skippers' village of Vreeswijk around 1915
• Roef (skipper's cabin) from the Tjalk Labor Sanitas
• Museum harbour with historic inland vessels
• Boat tours through Nieuwegein on museum boats

Permanente udstillinger

• Besucherzentrum und Ausstellungszentrum Binnenvaart – Models and panels on the skippers' village of Vreeswijk, plus an overview of ship types, construction and propulsion in historic inland shipping.
• Freiluftmuseum: Roef, Westlander und Hagenaar – Skipper's cabin from the Tjalk Labor Sanitas with stories told by skippers' wives, plus ships being fitted out as exhibition spaces (including one for old ship engines).

Ejer

Stichting Museumwerf Vreeswijk

Entrépriser & rabatter

The €6 admission includes a cup of coffee or tea.

Tilgængelighed

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Interaktive stationer

Children will find interactive, educational elements in the museum room; children up to 12 get free admission.

Transport & parkering

Visitor centre serves as the entrance on the Wierselaan; car park on site.

Service & spisesteder

• Café

Theehuys with a terrace on the water, run by volunteers; Schipperscafé on the last Friday of the month.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer
• Bryllupper / vielser

The Theehuys is an official wedding venue and is suitable for anniversaries, celebrations and company outings; enquiries to theehuys@museumwerf.nl.

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