Museum De Cruquius, Stelling van Amsterdam

Name: Museum De Cruquius
Address: Cruquiusdijk 27, Stelling van Amsterdam, Netherlands

#1 among attractions in Stelling van Amsterdam

Top attraction, Museum, Science museum

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Museum De Cruquius, Stelling van Amsterdam

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The Museum De Cruquius occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik, a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer dry. Like many well-educated men of his time, he latinized his name to Nicolaus Samuel Cruquius. During his lifetime the issue of the Haarlem Lake and how to pump it dry was international news, as the following excerpt from the Virginia Gazette on 31 May 1751 illustrates: ()

Local name: Gemaal De Cruquius Coordinates: 52°20'17"N, 4°38'17"E

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Cruquiusdijk 27Cruquius (Cruquius-Dorp)Stelling van Amsterdam Netherlands

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Day trips

Museum De Cruquius – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Groenendaal, Haarlemmermeersche Golfclub, Berkenrode, Heemstede.

1.1 miW
Park
Groenendaal, Haarlem
30 min walk • Groenendaal park lies at the center of Heemstede, Netherlands. The park includes the grounds of old Heemstede country estates Bosbeek, and Meer en Berg.
0.9 miE
52°20'17"N • 4°39'31"E
Haarlemmermeersche Golfclub, Stelling van Amsterdam
23 min walk • Golf
1.2 miNW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Berkenrode, Haarlem
32 min walk • Berkenrode, or Berckenroode is a former 'Heerlijkheid' in the Dutch province of North Holland, situated on the southwest side of Haarlem on the leidsevaart, north of Iepenrode and west of Heemstede.
1.1 miNW
Area
Heemstede, Haarlem
29 min walk • Heemstede is a town and a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the fourth richest municipality of the Netherlands.
1.6 miSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Historisch Museum Haarlemmermeer, Hoofddorp
41 min walk • The Historical Museum Haarlemmermeer presents the history of the Dutch reclamation area Haarlemmermeer from its reclamation in 1852. The museum exists since 1992 and is located in the monumental building Mentzhoeve in the North Holland town ...