Biemans Collection

16 July 2023

The Netherlands has many more pipe collections than we think. As an example, we recently came across the collection of Bert Biemans from Beek en Donk in Brabant. This omnivore collected pipes from all over the world and set up a museum behind his house where the pipes stood and hung criss-cross together, next to an extensive collection of elephants. But Biemans passed away and the family looked for a new home. This is how part of the collection ended up in our museum. There it complements the category of curious European folkloric pipes available in the 1970s to 1990s, in our museum a collection field somewhat neglected.

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