- When: December 23 - January 7 ( Closed on December, 25 & January, 1)
- Time: 10.00 - 17.00
Spend your winter holidays at our museum! Together with Cinekid we have organized lots of fun activities. Make a family picture before a green screen, create your own stop motion video, relax in the pop-up cinema and enjoy our current exhibitions.
Winter holidays in the Maritime Museum
In collaboration with Cinekid we have organised many activities for children. Because our temporary exhibition Food for Thought (for adults and older children) is about food, our entire holiday programming has a food twist this year.
Green screen – Take a picture!
Daily between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM, the Open Square. Take a family photo in the style of the Maritime Museum. Where do you want to be, in a meadow with cows or perhaps on a ship? Pose together in front of the green screen and transform yourself into a different world!
Create your own stop motion video (4+)
Wednesday December 27 & Wednesday January 3, by registration at the Open Square. Bring your imagination to life and make your own animated film. In this workshop a professional guide will help you to produce your own stop-motion video.
Create your own Thaumatrope (3+)
Daily between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM, the Open Square. Thaumatrope means “miracle twist”. It is an early predecessor of film: by quickly turning paper an illusion is created. It was a popular toy in the 19th century. And how cool we help you to make one yourself!
Grocery shopping route (6+)
Daily during opening hours, maps can be picked up at the Open Square. Together with your family you can discover everything in the museum that has to do with ships, food and drinks. Quickly grab your grocery shopping list, can you find everything?
Cinekid pop-up cinema - (3+)
Daily during opening hours, walk in via the Open Square. Settle down and relax in our Cinekid pop-up cinema. A compilation of short films will be shown throughout the winter holidays. One exciting and the other funny, but all with a water theme.
Doris the Diver (2+)
Diver Doris is an adventurous, maritime museum experience for families with children aged 2 years and older. In this space, children can become acquainted with The Maritime Museum, their love for the water and the maritime world in an accessible way.
The tale of the whale
The exhibition ‘the tale of the whale’ shows how we have viewed whales through the centuries. You will learn about whaling and how it has made the whale an endangered species.
East Indiaman
Visit the replica of the East Indiaman Amsterdam: an important part of your museum visit. On board, there is plenty to learn about the East India Company and its ships.