Online sale
29 avril 2021
In times of Corona and therefore regular income disappearing, it is very important to generate new funds. We do this, among other things, by better filling the webshop that has been added to our new website. In addition to our books and the well-known double-walled Zenith pipes, we have created a new category: new old stock. These are unused wooden pipes that were manufactured long ago. Due to their age of about forty to over a hundred years, the brand is often rare, if it has not been discontinued for a long time. The model is now also scarce, but still just as attractive. In addition, the wood is much longer and therefore dries better, so that the pipe tastes softer. Every reason to promote these pipes from never-sold stocks. Easy to find via www.pipemuseum.nl and then click on the shop tab or directly via www.pipeshop.nl.
PermalinkA toast on the new website
21 avril 2021
The crew of Datatrippers, our IT specialists, is our guest today - at an appropriate Corona distance - to raise a glass to the completion of our renewed website. For more than two years we have been actively working to reach this moment. The new website has received numerous extra features, such as a complete English version, also a new thesaurus that makes it possible to use search terms in German, French, English or Dutch language. In doing so, the system searches for the most suitable technology or material, county or tribe that you are looking for. In addition, all articles have been given a new look and the series of titles has been further expanded. All in all, it has been an incredible task. Of course additional information will follow in the near future. With the launch of the new site the older ones such as www.Pijpenkabinet.nl and the previous version of www.Pipemuseum.nl will be discontinued. Today a big thank you to the indispensable team of Datatrippers: Jurgen for the smooth and cooperative communication, Kristel for the design and Robert for solving all database bumps. Hats off to these skills and craftmanship!
PermalinkThe importance of the library
19 avril 2021
Today a new video in our series has been posted on the museum's YouTube channel. This time it is Benedict Goes who talks about the importance of the library for a museum. With a number of special books as examples, he explains that books and other printed publications add depth and knowledge to the collection. Regardless of whether it concerns the design or the material, the method of use or the vision of the smoker of yesteryear. You can read all this in handbooks for smokers, antiquarian poetry, overviews and many other books. It is clear that we cherish our library and certainly cannot do without it to gain all the knowledge about our objects.
PermalinkThree videos in a row
8 avril 2021
Our intern Jesse is doing well. In the past week he completed three films, which are now on our YouTube channel. After intensive days for the recordings, always at a different location, editing followed for him. Get ready for the PC to watch and see and hear more about the corncob pipe, the painted porcelain pipe and the video about pipes for the queen. The braid of meter pipes is a unique historical document that certainly deserves a film. This time co-starring Benedict Goes as presenter.
PermalinkAnton Manger
4 avril 2021
Today we were informed that the well-known German pipe maker and pipe collector Anton Manger has passed away on March 31. He reached the respectable age of 92 years and was still active as a pipe maker until the very last. Manger was truly a dedicated collector. His greatest passion lay with the Ulmer Kloben, the German burl wood pipe on which he wrote a monograph. His collection contained almost too many such pipes, incorporating every single different detail. In addition, he published a book on the meerschaum pipe production in Ruhla. We will miss his enthusiasm and dedication.
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