Historische Scheepswerf Wolthuis
Are you interested in shipping or shipbuilding and do you love old machinery? Then the Historische Scheepswerf Wolthuis in Sappemeer is highly recommended.
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Location
Noorderstraat 308
9611 AT Sappemeer Plan your route to Historische Scheepswerf Wolthuis
The Historische Scheepswerf Wolthuis is one of the last shipyards in the Netherlands where almost everything remains as it was in the early 1900s. The smithy is still there and most of the machinery on site is over a hundred years old. The shipyard’s volunteers – often men who have themselves worked at a shipyard, in a shipbuilding workshop or as machine builders – regularly use and demonstrate the machinery.
At the end of the 19th century, there were eleven shipyards in Sappemeer and as many as twenty-three in Hoogezand. Seagoing vessels were built there that sailed to the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean and even the West Indies. The ships built in Hoogezand and Sappemeer were very large and could only be launched sideways. From 1690 onwards, the Historische Scheepswerf Wolthuis built smaller vessels, such as tjalken and bol ships. Later, it became a repair yard for inland waterway vessels.…
The Historische Scheepswerf Wolthuis is one of the last shipyards in the Netherlands where almost everything remains as it was in the early 1900s. The smithy is still there and most of the machinery on site is over a hundred years old. The shipyard’s volunteers – often men who have themselves worked at a shipyard, in a shipbuilding workshop or as machine builders – regularly use and demonstrate the machinery.
At the end of the 19th century, there were eleven shipyards in Sappemeer and as many as twenty-three in Hoogezand. Seagoing vessels were built there that sailed to the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean and even the West Indies. The ships built in Hoogezand and Sappemeer were very large and could only be launched sideways. From 1690 onwards, the Historische Scheepswerf Wolthuis built smaller vessels, such as tjalken and bol ships. Later, it became a repair yard for inland waterway vessels.
The shipyard lies on the walking route 'In the footsteps of Aletta Jacobs'. In her time, many captains who sailed all over the world lived in Sappemeer. When Aletta Jacobs does not yet know she may go to college, she fears that housework and embroidery will be her future. She fantasises about flying to America. Her idea was to ask one of the captains to take her along, and to ride horses in America dressed as a coachman's boy.
Opening hours
- Every Monday closed
- Every Tuesday 9.00 am – 4.00 pm
- Every Wednesday closed
- Every Thursday 9.00 am – 4.00 pm
- Every Friday closed
- Every Saturday closed
- Every Sunday closed
- Open from April to September every second Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00.
Awards
- Adults € 5,00
- Children € 2,00 up to 14 years
Features
Facilities for people with disabilities
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Accessibility notes:
Parking: available on public roads
Disabled parking: available on site (1 space)
Wheelchair accessible: yes, although not the museum attic