Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum

Maritime museum in Groningen, Netherlands

53°12′59″N 6°33′36″E / 53.21639°N 6.56000°E / 53.21639; 6.56000TypeMaritime museumVisitors38,757 (2017)^[2]DirectorJan Wiebe van Veen^[3]PresidentPieter Westra^[3]CuratorWicher Kerkmeijer^[3]Websitenoordelijkscheepvaartmuseum.nl

Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnoːrdələk ˈsxeːpfaːrtmyˌzeːjʏm]; Northern Maritime Museum) is a maritime museum in Groningen in the Netherlands.^[4]

The museum was opened on 31 March 1932.^[1] With 34,098 visitors in 2015, it is one of the most-visited museums in the province of Groningen.^[5] The museum had 38,757 visitors in 2017.^[2]

Jan Wiebe van Veen is the director of the museum and Wicher Kerkmeijer the curator.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b History of the Museum, Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum, 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum ziet stijging in bezoekersaantallen" (in Dutch), RTV Noord, 7 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mission and organization, Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum, Lonely Planet. Retrieved on 19 May 2014.
^ (in Dutch) Bezoekcijfers erfgoedinstellingen Groningen Archived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Stichting Erfgoedpartners, 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.