Het Scheepvaartmuseum

The Maritime Museum
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Light grey building with a dark grey roof surrounded by water
's Lands Zeemagazijn in 2024.
Het Scheepvaartmuseum is located in Amsterdam
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Location within the centre of Amsterdam
Established1916 (1916)[1]
LocationKattenburgerplein 1[2]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates52°22′18″N 4°54′53″E / 52.37167°N 4.91472°E / 52.37167; 4.91472
TypeMaritime museum
Visitors300,000 (2015)[3]
DirectorJ.H. Gerson (ad interim)[4]
PresidentVacancy[4]
Websitewww.hetscheepvaartmuseum.com

The Maritime Museum (Dutch: Het Scheepvaartmuseum, pronounced [ət ˈsxeːpfaːrtmyˌzeːjʏm]) is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

The museum had 419,060 visitors in 2012.[5] It ranked as 11th most visited museum in the Netherlands in 2013.[6] The museum had 300,000 visitors in 2015.[7] In 2017 the museum received 350,000 visitors.

  1. ^ (in Dutch) De Vereeniging, Het Scheepvaartmuseum. Retrieved on 2013-09-10.
  2. ^ About the museum, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, 2013. Retrieved on 2013-09-10.
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Jasper Piersma & Olga Ketellapper, "Driekwart Amsterdamse musea trekt in 2015 meer bezoekers", Het Parool, 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b Organisation, National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ^ (in Dutch) Vierde kwartaal: volop feest Archived 28 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. ^ (in Dutch) Daan van Lent & Pieter van Os, "Musea doen het goed: aantal bezoekers in 2013 fors gestegen", NRC Handelsblad, 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  7. ^ (in Dutch) Jasper Piersma & Olga Ketellapper, "Driekwart Amsterdamse musea trekt in 2015 meer bezoekers", Het Parool, 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.