The Nationaal Bus Museum (; ) is a
transport museum
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and Coach (vehicle), coach ...
in
Hoogezand
Hoogezand () is a town in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the province of Groningen in northeast Netherlands.
History
The name refers to a higher sanded ''(Hooge Sandt)'' place in the peatlands cut through when the Winschoterdiep Cha ...
in the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. The museum has a collection of Dutch
buses. With 27,027 visitors in 2015, it is one of the most-visited museums in the province of
Groningen
Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...
.
Location
The museum is located at the Produktieweg in the village of Hoogezand, part of the municipality of
Hoogezand-Sappemeer, in the province of
Groningen
Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...
in the northeast of the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
.
Collection
The museum has a collection of
buses and bus-related objects from the Netherlands, especially from the northern part of the country.
File:00-FB-63 GVBG 61 Nationaal Bus Museum.JPG, GVBG 61
File:VAD Nefkens 10-VB-21 1759.jpg, Nefkens 59/VAD 1759
File:DVM 57 29-90-XB 1977.jpg, DVM 57
File:Harmanni bus Nationaal Bus Museum.jpg, Harmanni 66
File:Nationaal Bus Museum AB-99-99 GVG 7 17-04-2013.JPG, GVG 7
File:GADO 4400 1958 Huisstijl Nationaal Busmuseum.jpg, GADO 4400
Administration
Willem Goelema is chairman of the museum.
The museum had 18,812 visitors in 2013, 28,260 visitors in 2014, and 27,027 visitors in 2015. The visitor numbers are including museum bus rides. It is one of six museums in
Groningen
Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...
with more than 25 thousand visitors in 2015, making it one of the most-visited museums of the province that year.
Since 2015, the museum has been registered in the Museumregister Nederland (Netherlands Museum Register), a quality mark for museums in the Netherlands.
Geregistreerde musea
(in Dutch), Museumregister Nederland. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
References
External links
Nationaal Bus Museum
(in Dutch), official website
Bus museums
Transport in Midden-Groningen
Museums in Groningen (province)
Transport museums in the Netherlands
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