Miramar Zeemuseum, Drenthe Province, The Netherlands
4.5 (6 reviews) Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #2 in Vledder Speciality Museums • Natural History Museums
What one woman has collected from beaches all over the world
We found this little gem of a museum while visiting Drenthe province in the Netherlands. It houses the collection of sea shells and smaller sea animals all found by a dutch lady called Jeanne A.W. Warners (3 augustus 1899-3 juni 1986) on her travels to 80 different countries !! She started out as a nurse but later studied psychology at the University of Utrecht, sadly the second world war interrupted her studies. Later she opened a private practice of psychologie and started travelling. In 1955 she travelled to Palma de Mallorca from where she brought home her first shell the Bolinus brandaris (stekelhoorn). This inspired the rather strongwilled and exentric Jeanne to visit more than 80 countries searching for sea shells, crabs, starfish and other sea animals. She also visited universities abroad and saw it as her life mission to educate people about the sea and its inhabitants. Even Redmond O'Hanlon has found his way to this museum. The museum is small but very inviting and also geared toward educating the young. They develop different educational material for teaching different age groups. There is a small cafe and it has a nice gift shop. Well worth a visit if you are in the area.
Address
Vledderweg 25, 8381 AB Vledder The Netherlands
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Website
http://miramar-zeemuseum.nl/
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 8:23
User Ratings
4.5 based on (6 reviews)
