Munitions factory store and workshop
Built in 1897, national monument
Past
This building is part of the oldest surviving structure that was part of the munitions factory. The store was originally intended to store materials for the turning shop, foundry, and projectiles factory. Later, it was turned into an office space for the technical department.
A former employee recalls: ‘In the store, I handled the admin for materials that had been issued. The people from the drawing office and the factories came to request materials or parts. […] There was a card index of stocks, and what I’d handed out and to whom. It was a good system. I was never aware of any squabbles, shortages, far too much being ordered, and so on. For the card index, you had to write between the lines on the card. That’s when I started writing really small, because the space was so tight. My writing is still really small.’
Present
Events and exhibitions venue Taets Art and Event Park is currently based here.
More information: https://www.taets.com/
Memorial plaque concerning the opening of building 43
The memorial plaque was made in 1991 by the Eurometaal staff to mark the opening of building 43. The plaque depicts a cogwheel with the Eurometaal logo.
The Zaans Museum was founded in 1998 on the Zaanse Schans to guard and preserve the Zaan heritage.
The Hembrug Museum tells the story of the arms and ammunition factory that was located on the Hembrugterrein in Zaandam.
In 1697, the Russian Tsar Peter the Great stayed in this world-famous house in the center of Zaandam.
