- -The Pipe Museum
During the Dutch Golden Age of 17th C. smoking pipe was a pleasure but also a symbol of status, a visible indication that you could afford it, a sign of an individual male independence. Only poor manual workers or servants did not smoke, every man of some standing did. Longer the pipe, more important a man was. Today, Dutch ceramic pipes are archeological finds, rarely found unbroken.
A word about the collection
People who smoke often have several pipes, sometimes more than five or ten. Pipe Museum started as passion of one man - Don Duco started in 1969 its pipe collection, which grew to the most important museum of its sort in Europe. This unique pipe institution has been first exhibited in Leiden and in 1995, the museum moved to Amsterdam.
The feelYou enter the museum through Smokiana, a remarkable pipe shop located in the house basement. The museum collection is exhibited above it - in the 17th C. Dutch townhouse, with beautiful interior and truly exquisite furniture of the epoch. The exhibit has been well presented and perfectly lit. While we missed visibly placed information at exhibited objects, one of the curators is always present at the museum, with all guidance necessary.
Open:
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wednesday – Saturday, 12 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Admission: € 5,- (guided visit)
How to get there: from Leidsestraat – walking south along Prinsengracht – 2 minutes
- from Central Station – Stop & Go bus to the door, tram: 1, 2 or 5 (exit on Prinsengracht stop)
- by car: from the A10 ring take an exit S108 Oud Zuid and drive directionRijksmuseum; park your car in the Parking Byzantium (close to Leidseplein: Tesselschadestraat 1G) or under the Museumplein (Van Baerlestraat 33B), walk 10 minutes
Address:
Pijpenkabinet – Pipe Museum
Prinsengracht 488
1017 KH Amsterdam.
Telephone: 020 – 421 17 79
Pijpenkabinet – Pipe Museum
Prinsengracht 488
1017 KH Amsterdam.
Telephone: 020 – 421 17 79
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