THE WINDMILL MUSEUM
INTERACTIVE TIME TRAVEL
FOR YOUNG AND OLD

4 Centuries of windmill history
Irrespective of when you start or end your visit to the Zaanse Schans with a visit to the mill museum, it is equally inspiring. The interactive exposition tentalizes, makes you wonder and challenges all the way down. It is all about trade, culture, and wealth. But also about hard labour, poverty, and social development. One of the gems is a huge, 11 meter-wide panoramic painting, showing all the windmills in the eastern part of Zaandam around 1800. And there is a dizzling interactive maquette, displaying 1,100 windmills in the Zaanstreek. Opinionated virtual guides travel with you throughout the museum and will comment and explain as you go.

 

Flora, fauna, and a cup of coffee
From the museum’s top floor you may enjoy temporary exhibitions and movies. And it gives you a breath-taking view over the scenery. Along the way you will pick up some nice to knows about the surrounding flora and fauna. While enjoying a tasteful cup of coffee or more.