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Zaanse Time Museum

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ137640061 ↗
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The Zaanse Time Museum (Dutch: Museum Zaanse Tijd) is a clock museum located in the Zaanse Schans in the North Holland municipality of Zaanstad.

History

The museum was founded at the initiative of the municipality of Zaandam and opened by Prince Claus on 3 February 1976. In 1985, it was threatened with closure but saved through fundraising and the establishment of the Zaans Uurwerken Museum Foundation.

Collection

The collection consists of Zaanse and Dutch clocks, timepieces, and watches. Significant attention is given to the Zaanse clock of the Dutch Golden Age, which has remained popular at various times since then.

Building

The museum is housed in a 17th-century national monument, a sailcloth weaver's house brought from Assendelft which has been furnished with period rooms.

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This entry incorporates text from “Zaanse Time Museum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.