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Making your own flag

You will encounter many flags on ships. The artists of Sites of Memory play with these flags in Decoding the Atlantic World, now also on display in Het Scheepvaartmuseum. With animals, flowers and the colors red, black and green, they tell a different story with their flags. You too will get to work on the Open Courtyard: how do you make a flag 'your story'? You can take the drawing home with you; the flag continues to flutter in the Open Courtyard! From 11.00 - 15.00 on walk-in and for all ages.

Toddler program at Doris the diver

Come to the sea! The sun shines. It's nice and warm. You hear how the seagulls screech and how the sand flows with the sea. Can you feel the shells under your feet and the wind in your hair? Move like an octopus, work like a sailor and dance like a kite. Are you coming to the sea? At 10.30 am upon registration in the museum itself, age: 2 - 5 years.

Photography Workshop

Photography workshop for the whole family - In the National Maritime Museum (Het Scheepvaartmuseum) you will find many portraits. Paintings, sculptures, but also photos. How do you take a good portrait photo? Discover it with the whole family, get started and create a beautiful portrait. 3, 2, 1 CLICK! 11.30 and 14.30 on registration, from 6 years.

Coloring DIY-Plate Sea Monsters

What a special sea monsters you see here! But wait, there's a head missing, a tail missing... Will you make these sea monsters whole again? A sweet monster or a very angry one. Use your imagination, everything is possible and everything is allowed! You can pick up the color DIY plate in the café-restaurant and it is from 2 years old.

Viewing tour portraits

You will discover a lot of people in the museum! Not only around you, but also in paintings and photos. How long can you sit still while being painted? And does that man look angry or sad? You can see a lot in a portrait. Go out together and discover it all! From 6 years.

Junior audiotour

Do you want to know who killed Michiel de Ruyter? What was there to eat on board a VOC ship? And why it is not so smart to hunt whales? You hear it all in the junior audio tour!

Stories in word, movement, image and music. There is always something to do in the museum and on the East Indiaman (VOC ship) Amsterdam!

Sing and dance along to the songs of WIES; thoughts about both the big questions in life and the little things that preoccupy a young adult.

Visit the new exhibition Man at Sea / Mens op Zee, this photo exhibition shows a multifaceted maritime world in which portraits and stories show how being at sea can change you as a person. Mens op Zee shows how you relate to yourself, others, the ship and the sea on the water, touching on larger themes such as gender, inclusion and migration.

In addition to the exhibition, there is an oral history project about gay, bi- and trans crew members aboard Dutch merchant ships in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Aynouk Tan, Bob van der Poll and Thorn de Vries will discuss LGBTI+ at sea and the importance of safe spaces in society.

Discover BABS! She is a rapper, producer and songwriter with a mission. She cannot be categorized and likes to kick against the stereotypes about gender and sexuality that are imposed by society.

Immortalize yourself in the workshop Portraits with Seawater. What happens to your portrait when the elements play with it?

Listen to the first memoirs of people at sea. Seasickness, homesickness and shipwrecks are reviewed, but the longing for the sea (sea fever) is also discussed in the speed library lecture De Eerste Zeereis.

Immortalize yourself with your Museum Night crew and have your picture taken together. Then treat yourself and your friends to the tastiest snacks and drinks from our Captains Kitchen!

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