September 29, 2023 until March 15, 2024
For more than three years, Bert Verhoeff and David Galjaard photographed the changing environment along the river Zaan. The results can soon be seen at the exhibition Currents. The Zaan in Motion at the Zaans Museum. Still, the region is always in motion. We would therefore like to invite you to add to the photo project. Follow the lead of Tim Knol and take a picture of your changing Zaan. Pick, for example, a sharp contrast between two worlds, a building project or a distinctive portrait.
Every month, the photographers will select the best submissions, and will choose one of them as the photo of the month. The winning photograph will be given a place of honour in the exhibition. Who knows, your photograph might soon be on display in the museum!
Email your photograph with the name of the photographer, the location and date to stroom@zaansmuseum.nl.
Within five weeks, you will learn whether your photo has been selected. There will be no correspondence about the results.
Photographs can be submitted until March 15, 2024.
To participate, follow these rules:
Tim Knol, Wormerveer, 16 mei 2023
The photo of this moth is made by Ron Koffeman
Ron Koffeman – Wormer – December 21, 2021
The exhibition Current. De Zaan in motion and the accompanying photo book are made possible by: Mondriaan Fonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Noord-Holland, Gerrit Blaauw Fonds, Reint Laan Fonds, Honig-Laan Fonds, P.M. Duyvisfonds en Bredenhof Stichting.
Right at the heart of the museum, you will find the Verkade Experience, a treat for young and old! Here, you will be transported back to the chocolate and biscuit factory of the early twentieth century, where the original machines are still churning away and the history of Verkade comes alive.
Have you always wanted to work in a chocolate and biscuit factory? Then take the chance now! Test your dexterity with the games at the Verkade Experience. Put on your work clothes and pretend to be a ‘Verkade girl’, a chocolate expert, or a biscuit baker. Will you get promoted to director, or will you be sacked?
Get a chocolate bar of choice at the ticket desk of the Zaans Museum for €2,75 and create a custom Verkade chocolate bar wrapper using your own design and choice of colours. When you’re happy with your design, use the mini packaging machine to wrap your chocolate bar in your own wrapper.
In the Verkade Treasury you can see the best and longest-running marketing campaign of the previous century: the Verkade Albums. Between 1903 and 1940, and between 1965 and 1995, Verkade published 35 picture card albums, all written by renowned Dutch authors.
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Ask for the treasure hunt for the Verkade Experience at the ticket desk. Take part in all kinds of fun activities while the biscuit and chocolate machines are working at full-steam. There is a treasure hunt for children between the ages of 6 and 8 and one for children between the ages of 8 and 12.
Price: admission to the Zaans Museum + €1 for the treasure hunt
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Create your own design for a Verkade chocolate bar wrapper at the Verkade Experience. Then wrap your chocolate bar in your custom design wrapper using the mini packaging machine!
Price: admission to the Zaans Museum + €2,75 for the chocolate bar
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.
