Trainee pimps up the museum

25 January 2021

Trainee pimps up the museum

As of today, Jesse Bakker, as a second-year student at the Reinwardt Academy im Amsterdam, is the new junior curator of our museum. The only museum training in our country provides students with the right background knowledge and motivation to help us. The vibrant energy of a young person is noticeable from day one. Jesse will mainly focus on our presentation on social media, making videos, everything for the online presence of the museum.

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The virtual collection

16 January 2021

The virtual collection

In the first version of our website early 2000, we launched a virtual presentation. In fact a picture book of special pipes in thematic paragraphs. Over the years, this section of our website turned out to be one of the most popular and frequently cited. These weeks we are working on a new version that will also be drastically expanded. By popular request, the photos can now be enlarged, simply with a click on the image. Another new feature is a link under each photo to our collection database, so that with a simple click all information about this particular object is shown. Whether they are called picture books, virtual presentations or illustrated encyclopedias, the optical result is really attractive.

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First acquisition 2021

14 January 2021

First acquisition 2021

Where in the past sellers and private individuals had the pleasure of coming to the museum in person to offer something for our collection, in Corona time everything goes by mail. Hastily handed over at the doorstep by a delivery boy with face mask. For example, today we received our first acquisition of the year 2021, a nineteenth-century cigar holder carved in meerschaum with an amber mouthpiece. As a depiction a slightly piquant woman, this time not just a head with a beautiful hairstyle or hat, but a complete bust which makes this pipe special. She holds one hand on her hat, in the other we see a bouquet. The beautiful patina is the result of frequent smoking. It is evident that the original owner enjoyed a lot of pleasure by smoking and viewing.

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