Tomahawks

29 September 2018

During the Maand van de Geschiedenis (Month of History) the Amsterdam Pipe Museum pays special attention to the tomahawk. This iconic war pipe of the North American Indians looks dangerous, with an impressive ax under the pipe bowl. Our guides tell the complete story in their tour, because the tomahawk is not only a weapon but also an object with an important symbolic and ceremonial value. Until October 31st our cabinet for objects on temporary view show some nice examples of these Indian tomahawks from our reserve collections.

Month of the library

28 September 2018

Unnoticed behind the scenes, extra work is always done that strengthens the basis of our museum as reference and study collection. From the point of view of efficiency, that work often takes place in blocks. This month our literature file has been updated. Numerous new titles have been imported into the system, complete with a photo of the cover for recognisability. With this work we exceeded the magic limit of 10,000 library titles this month, all of which can be found in the library file on the web. With that number our website is the largest online database for professional literature in the field of smoking!

Designed by Nature

25 September 2018

The Dutch Silver Museum (Nederlands Zilver Museum) in Schoonhoven features the exhibition “Designed by Nature”. Silver objects inspired by or copied from nature, or even natural materials mounted in silver as a proof of creativity of the silver smiths. Five objects from our collection are on loan to this exhibition: two turtle tobacco boxes from 1650, a silver mounted chamois horn and deer horn made into a pipe. The most modern object in our collection is the breathtaking tobacco jar by Jurriën Schiff from 1997, in which an ostrich egg is processed, of course with silver edges. The exhibition runs from 4 October ’18 to 10 June 2019.