Amsterdam 750 Years

23 maggio 2025

To celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city of Amsterdam, we've decorated our shop and facade with banners highlighting this unique event. True Amsterdammers may remember the 700th anniversary. At that time, the Goedewaagen Pipe and Pottery Factory in Gouda released a special commemorative pipe. The original is still in our collection (APM 5.289). Changing attitudes toward smoking now make such a souvenir unthinkable. The celebrations in the coming months will be no less special!

New Pope Leo XIV

11 maggio 2025

Nowadays, it is not likely to happen: a pipe with the portrait of the pope being issued. In the nineteenth century, things were different. The namesake of the Pope Leo XIV, who has been appointed today, was elected pope in 1878. The increasing popularity of Pope Leo XIII led to the creation of an impressive tobacco pipe featuring his image. Not just any pipe, but a majestic papal portrait bust with a long, slightly curved stem and a comfortable lacquer mouthpiece. It is hard to imagine that anyone would now design a pipe of Pope Leo XIV, who will celebrate his first mass next Sunday.

Liberation Day 80 years

5 maggio 2025

Today we commemorate that the Netherlands was liberated eighty years ago, the end of the Second World War. Shortly after the war, Gouda pipe makers produced ceramic pipes to celebrate this freedom, featuring the Dutch Lion breaking its chains. These pipes were sold in large numbers throughout the country at the time. Today, they have become a rare collector's item.

Fine Painting Extended

4 maggio 2025

The mini-exhibition Early Meisner pipe bowls in the spotlight, dedicated to early hand-painted porcelain tobacco pipes has been extended by over a month. A group of porcelain connoisseurs from the Munich area are visiting specifically to see this unique part of our collection. Apparently, these exclusive pipes are so rare that they make the trip to see them. For this reason, the finely painted pipe bowls will remain on display for a while in the Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Anyone curious who hasn't yet witnessed is welcome to visit until June 22nd.