Nationaal Modelspoor Museum

Om museet

The Nationaal Modelspoor Museum in Sneek goes back to the antiques dealer and appraiser Piet Scheltema. He was interested in Dutch model railways and collected them on a scale that earned him publications, a television programme and an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. He described his models in a self-published loose-leaf work on Dutch model railways.

Scheltema wanted to make the collection accessible to others as well. In 1984 he opened a first museum himself on the Gedempte Neltjeshaven; in 1987 it moved to the Kleinzand and was initially open only in summer. After his death in early 1989 the collection was stored with the family for several years. At the suggestion of the then Sneek alderman Herman Scholten, it was transferred on 27 April 1993 to the Stichting Collectie Scheltema and thus preserved for Sneek.

Today the collection comprises about 10,000 models, of which not even 20 percent are on display; the rest is in storage. Besides locomotives, wagons and passenger coaches, the museum collects everyday railway objects. In addition there is the collection of the crime writer Appie Baantjer with his LGB garden railways. The museum shows, among other things, the layout of Kenneth Smit, the German Emsland layout of the Spijkspoor club, “Die Welt in 80 Spuren” and changing layouts from the “Grote Kleine Treinencompetitie”.

Højdepunkter

• Largest collection of Dutch model railways (Piet Scheltema collection)
• Collection of the author Appie Baantjer with LGB garden railways
• Layouts such as the Kenneth Smit railway and the Emsland layout
• “Knopjesmuseum”: children start trains and scenes at the push of a button
• Large play corner for building your own tracks

Permanente udstillinger

• Sammlung Piet Scheltema – Part of the collection of Dutch model trains belonging to the Sneek antiques dealer, who was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest collection of its kind.
• Sammlung Appie Baantjer – The LGB garden railways and accessories of the crime writer, who bequeathed them to the museum.

Grundlagt

1984

Ejer

Stichting Collectie Scheltema

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free with the Museumkaart. €1 discount with a library card and with a Märklin, Trix or LGB club card. A surcharge may apply for special exhibitions. Tickets at the box office only (no reservation), payment in cash or by card. Annual passes are available.

Tilgængelighed

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

The entire museum is accessible on one level. Dogs are not allowed, but assistance dogs are welcome.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

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

Certified as “kidsproof”; buttons for starting trains and lights throughout the building, a large play corner for building tracks, additional activities during school holidays. Children’s birthday parties with a museum guide, treasure hunt and lemonade (guide price €8.50–10 per person).

Transport & parkering

The centre of Sneek is about a 22-minute (1.7 km) walk away; there are free car parks there.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

Station restaurant with toasties, cheese and sausage rolls, and hot and cold drinks at family-friendly prices. Museum shop with wooden trains, Majorette models, books, postcards and second-hand model railway material (no web shop).

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 50 personer.

Cinema room with a 100-inch screen for about 50 people and a small kitchen; meetings can be combined with a museum tour.

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