Marker Museum

Marker Museum
One of the museum buildings in 2011
Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
Established 1983[1]
Location Kerkbuurt 44-47[1]
Marken, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°27′38″N 5°06′22″E / 52.4605°N 5.1062°E / 52.4605; 5.1062Coordinates: 52°27′38″N 5°06′22″E / 52.4605°N 5.1062°E / 52.4605; 5.1062
Type Local history museum
Website www.markermuseum.nl

Marker Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrkər myˈzeːjɵm]; English: Marken's Museum) is a local museum in the village of Marken in the Netherlands. The museum focuses on the history of Marken, including its fishing heritage.[2]

The museum comprises six smokehouses that were used for smoking eel.[3] The smokehouses are no longer in use.[2] The building is a Rijksmonument.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 (in Dutch) Het Marker Museum, Marker Museum. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Marker Museum". Day trips from Amsterdam. Fodors. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Marker Museum". Marken. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Zoekresultaten". Monumentenregister. Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 2 August 2015.


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