Does Facebook take us further?
27 June 2025
In addition to the news on our own website, the museum regularly publishes news and facts via Facebook and Instagram, often related to current events. Like the one on World Environment Day, July 5th. If everyone links to our page on the socials, our news will reach a wider audience in the near future. Do you join us?
Look under our name on the socials and discover more!
https://www.facebook.com/AmsterdamPipeMuseum/?locale=NL
https://www.instagram.com/amsterdampipemuseum/
More about the betel nut
19 June 2025
Sucking on a betel nut or chewing sirih leaves is an ancient custom known from the Dutch East Indies. Few people are familiar with it today. The summer edition of the magazine Tribal Art, features the associated paraphernalia with a well-written account of the significance of this dying custom. With fresh betel leaves as a backdrop, this is a delightful article for those seeking to discover pleasures other than smoking. Don Duco wrote the text; the illustrations are from our museum collection.
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11 June 2025
We already knew that the museum is really popular for youngsters in their twenty- and thirty’s. However, as staff we are always surprised that people from the other side of the world know how to find us and put the Amsterdam Pipe Museum at the top of their bucket list. This week we received extensive compliments from a young couple from Mexico, the birthplace of pipe smoking. How fun is that!
PermalinkThree decades on the Prinsengracht
9 June 2025
Today it is exactly thirty years ago that we moved into the building at Prinsengracht 488. Back then as the Pijpenkabinet, now the Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Thirty years to look back on with pride. In today's world where smoking a pipe is only for the diehards, we have continuously collected, studied and published on that subject and its history. In this way we safeguard this unique culture. In addition, we have set up a beautiful museum, which fortunately still enjoys great admiration every day.
PermalinkCigars for Ed van Thijn
2 June 2025
Our museum recently received a precious donation from the widow of former mayor Ed van Thijn. This skilled administrator enjoyed smoking a cigar. When the mayor of Jakarta came to visit, he brought a hand-carved teak box containing cigars of all shapes and sizes. Each specimen has a printed label with the name of Ed van Thijn, a name that also adorns the lid of the large cigar box. This special humidor, including its precious contents, can be seen from 2 June to 2 August in the Amsterdam Pipe Museum.
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