Nationaal Brandweermuseum

Om museet

The museum's beginnings lie in the 1910s: in 1919 the fire brigades of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht handed their historic equipment over to the Royal Dutch Fire Brigade Association, which founded a museum from it in 1926. Until the Second World War it was housed in the Sint-Catharijneconvent in Utrecht; after the liberation the collection was stored in The Hague. The museum has been in Hellevoetsluis since 1963.

It occupies two former naval buildings from 1786 in the fortress town: the white Groot Magazijn, where masts, chains and sails for the warships were stored, and the reddish-brown Kuiperij, where barrels were made and repaired. With roughly 3,000 square metres, it is regarded as the largest fire service museum in the Netherlands. The collection ranges from leather buckets and hand pumps from around 1550, through hand-operated pumps from the former Soestdijk Palace, to vehicles of the 20th century, including an Ahrens-Fox with an imposing air chamber and a luxurious Fiat from the 1920s.

From 2011 the museum belonged to the Nationaal Veiligheidsinstituut, which has been called Korpora since 2022. In 2021 the Stichting Brandweermuseum Hellevoetsluis took over operations, while the collection remained the property of Korpora.

Højdepunkter

• Hand pumps and firefighting equipment from around 1550 to the present
• Collection of hand-operated pumps from the former Soestdijk Palace
• Ahrens-Fox with air chamber and Fiat fire engine from the 1920s
• Two naval buildings from 1786 with roughly 3,000 m² of space
• Play corner with a fire engine for children

Permanent udstilling

• Vaste collectie – Geschichte der Brandbekämpfung – From primitive means of fighting fires around 1550 to modern equipment, the collection shows the development of fire and disaster response in the Netherlands, along with vehicles, uniform badges and miniatures.

Grundlagt

1926

Ejer

Stichting Brandweermuseum Hellevoetsluis

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free with Museumkaart and Rotterdampas (no reservation needed; show the original card, a photo or copy is not accepted). Active firefighters and members of the youth fire brigade from all 25 safety regions get free admission on proof of membership. For cash payments, 100 and 200 euro notes are not accepted.

Tilgængelighed

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

According to the museum, fully wheelchair accessible: lift for disabled visitors, ramp over 6 m long, adapted toilet and platform lift (for small electric scooters and electric wheelchairs, platform max. 140 × 95 cm). Walkers (free of charge) and a wheelchair are available; one disabled parking space on the square in front of the museum.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Legeplads / legehjørne

Play corner with a fire engine; the museum shop sells toy helmets, colouring books and comics on the theme of the fire service.

Transport & parkering

By car, drive through the Brielse Poort into the Hellevoetsluis fortress and turn right twice at the end of the Opzoomerlaan. The museum is located in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

Museum bar on the ground floor (coffee, tea, soft drinks; lunch or dinner for groups on request); museum shop with fire engine models, books and toy helmets, accessible even without an admission ticket. Eating and drinking only in the coffee area.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

Possible events include meetings, lunches, receptions, dinners, children's birthday parties, tours in a vintage fire engine and photo shoots, also outside opening hours (enquiries via the contact form).

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