The museum

A surprising Texel experience
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Exhibition room 1: beachcombing
Exhibition room 1: beachcombing

Exhibition room 1 is the ‘heart’ of our museum where you can find a colourful collection of things that have washed ashore on the beach of Texel over the past 80 years. The large number of weird, funny, lovely and special objects will surprise you. There is also a cinema room here with a continuous showing of a film of old beachcomber Jan Uitgeest telling his exciting, comical stories. 

Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks
Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks

The theme of exhibition room 2 is ‘shipwrecks’. Here, you can find documentation, photos and newspaper articles of ships that have run aground off the coast of Texel. We also display the ‘souvenirs’ beachcombers have collected from shipwrecked ships, night and day. And, you can watch a film clip of the in 1990 shipwrecked ‘Anneliese’, which shows how the ship was eventually broken up on the beach and carried off as scrap metal ... 

Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions
Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions

This exhibition room is where we organise our temporary exhibitions. Some of our past exhibitions include: ‘Message in a Bottle’; fish made from wood collected on the beach; and ‘Ocean Sole’, stunning sculptures from Kenya made from recycled flip-flops. Our current exhibition is ‘Container Shipping’.

Exhibition room 4: beachcombing
Exhibition room 4: beachcombing

On display in this exhibition room, more things found on Texel beach, such as an entire collection of Russian vodka bottles, buoys, children’ toys, as well as objects from containers that have gone overboard. During the (school) holidays, this atmospheric room is also where we hold our beachcombing presentations.  

Exhibition room 5: KNRM-fishing-TESO
Exhibition room 5: KNRM-fishing-TESO

This exhibition room is all about KNRM, the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution, with the wooden motorised lifeboat ‘Joan Hodshon’ displayed here. This lifeboat, of the De Cocksdorp lifeboat station, was in service from 1935 to 1964. You can watch a lovely film here of the work of the lifeboat organisation. Also displayed in this room, fishing and TESO related items. 

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Exhibition room 1: beachcombing
Exhibition room 1: beachcombing

Exhibition room 1 is the ‘heart’ of our museum where you can find a colourful collection of things that have washed ashore on the beach of Texel over the past 80 years. The large number of weird, funny, lovely and special objects will surprise you. There is also a cinema room here with a continuous showing of a film of old beachcomber Jan Uitgeest telling his exciting, comical stories. 

Exhibition room 1: beachcombing
Exhibition room 1: beachcombing

Exhibition room 1 is the ‘heart’ of our museum where you can find a colourful collection of things that have washed ashore on the beach of Texel over the past 80 years. The large number of weird, funny, lovely and special objects will surprise you. There is also a cinema room here with a continuous showing of a film of old beachcomber Jan Uitgeest telling his exciting, comical stories. 

Ausstellungsraum 1: Die Jutterei
Ausstellungsraum 1: Die Jutterei

Dies ist das „Herz“ unseres Museums. Hier finden Sie eine kunterbunte Sammlung von Objekten, die in den letzten 80 Jahren am Strand von Texel angeschwemmt wurden. Sie werden staunen, was da alles zusammengekommen ist an teils skurrilen Funden. Im Kino dieses Ausstellungsraums läuft durchgehend ein Film, in dem der alte Jutter Jan Uitgeest überaus unterhaltsam von der Strandräuberei erzählt (in niederländischer Sprache). 

Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks
Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks

The theme of exhibition room 2 is ‘shipwrecks’. Here, you can find documentation, photos and newspaper articles of ships that have run aground off the coast of Texel. We also display the ‘souvenirs’ beachcombers have collected from shipwrecked ships, night and day. And, you can watch a film clip of the in 1990 shipwrecked ‘Anneliese’, which shows how the ship was eventually broken up on the beach and carried off as scrap metal ... 

Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks
Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks

The theme of exhibition room 2 is ‘shipwrecks’. Here, you can find documentation, photos and newspaper articles of ships that have run aground off the coast of Texel. We also display the ‘souvenirs’ beachcombers have collected from shipwrecked ships, night and day. And, you can watch a film clip of the in 1990 shipwrecked ‘Anneliese’, which shows how the ship was eventually broken up on the beach and carried off as scrap metal ... 

Ausstellungsraum 2: Schiffsstrandungen
Ausstellungsraum 2: Schiffsstrandungen

Hier gibt es Dokumente, Fotos und Zeitungsartikel über die vor der Küste Texels gestrandeten Schiffe. Zu den Exponaten gehören auch „Andenken“, die die Jutter bei Nacht und Nebel von gestrandeten Schiffen mitgebracht haben. Und wir zeigen ein Video der 1990 hier gestrandeten „Anneliese“, die letztendlich am Strand zerlegt und als Schrott abtransportiert wurde ... 

Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions
Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions

This exhibition room is where we organise our temporary exhibitions. Some of our past exhibitions include: ‘Message in a Bottle’; fish made from wood collected on the beach; and ‘Ocean Sole’, stunning sculptures from Kenya made from recycled flip-flops. Our current exhibition is ‘Container Shipping’.

Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions
Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions

This exhibition room is where we organise our temporary exhibitions. Some of our past exhibitions include: ‘Message in a Bottle’; fish made from wood collected on the beach; and ‘Ocean Sole’, stunning sculptures from Kenya made from recycled flip-flops. Our current exhibition is ‘Container Shipping’.

Ausstellungsraum 3: Wechselausstellungen
Ausstellungsraum 3: Wechselausstellungen

Was es hier schon alles zu sehen gab! Z. B. eine Ausstellung zum Thema Flaschenpost, „Fische“ aus den Holzfunden der Jutter, oder auch die Ausstellung „Ocean Sole“ mit eindrucksvollen kenianischen Skulpturen aus alten Flip-Flops. Die aktuelle Ausstellung trägt den Titel „Die Containerschifffahrt“.

Exhibition room 4: beachcombing
Exhibition room 4: beachcombing

On display in this exhibition room, more things found on Texel beach, such as an entire collection of Russian vodka bottles, buoys, children’ toys, as well as objects from containers that have gone overboard. During the (school) holidays, this atmospheric room is also where we hold our beachcombing presentations.  

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Exhibition room 1: beachcombing
Exhibition room 1: beachcombing

Exhibition room 1 is the ‘heart’ of our museum where you can find a colourful collection of things that have washed ashore on the beach of Texel over the past 80 years. The large number of weird, funny, lovely and special objects will surprise you. There is also a cinema room here with a continuous showing of a film of old beachcomber Jan Uitgeest telling his exciting, comical stories. 

Exhibition room 1: beachcombing
Exhibition room 1: beachcombing

Exhibition room 1 is the ‘heart’ of our museum where you can find a colourful collection of things that have washed ashore on the beach of Texel over the past 80 years. The large number of weird, funny, lovely and special objects will surprise you. There is also a cinema room here with a continuous showing of a film of old beachcomber Jan Uitgeest telling his exciting, comical stories. 

Ausstellungsraum 1: Die Jutterei
Ausstellungsraum 1: Die Jutterei

Dies ist das „Herz“ unseres Museums. Hier finden Sie eine kunterbunte Sammlung von Objekten, die in den letzten 80 Jahren am Strand von Texel angeschwemmt wurden. Sie werden staunen, was da alles zusammengekommen ist an teils skurrilen Funden. Im Kino dieses Ausstellungsraums läuft durchgehend ein Film, in dem der alte Jutter Jan Uitgeest überaus unterhaltsam von der Strandräuberei erzählt (in niederländischer Sprache). 

Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks
Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks

The theme of exhibition room 2 is ‘shipwrecks’. Here, you can find documentation, photos and newspaper articles of ships that have run aground off the coast of Texel. We also display the ‘souvenirs’ beachcombers have collected from shipwrecked ships, night and day. And, you can watch a film clip of the in 1990 shipwrecked ‘Anneliese’, which shows how the ship was eventually broken up on the beach and carried off as scrap metal ... 

Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks
Exhibition room 2: shipwrecks

The theme of exhibition room 2 is ‘shipwrecks’. Here, you can find documentation, photos and newspaper articles of ships that have run aground off the coast of Texel. We also display the ‘souvenirs’ beachcombers have collected from shipwrecked ships, night and day. And, you can watch a film clip of the in 1990 shipwrecked ‘Anneliese’, which shows how the ship was eventually broken up on the beach and carried off as scrap metal ... 

Ausstellungsraum 2: Schiffsstrandungen
Ausstellungsraum 2: Schiffsstrandungen

Hier gibt es Dokumente, Fotos und Zeitungsartikel über die vor der Küste Texels gestrandeten Schiffe. Zu den Exponaten gehören auch „Andenken“, die die Jutter bei Nacht und Nebel von gestrandeten Schiffen mitgebracht haben. Und wir zeigen ein Video der 1990 hier gestrandeten „Anneliese“, die letztendlich am Strand zerlegt und als Schrott abtransportiert wurde ... 

Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions
Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions

This exhibition room is where we organise our temporary exhibitions. Some of our past exhibitions include: ‘Message in a Bottle’; fish made from wood collected on the beach; and ‘Ocean Sole’, stunning sculptures from Kenya made from recycled flip-flops. Our current exhibition is ‘Container Shipping’.

Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions
Exhibition room 3: changing exhibitions

This exhibition room is where we organise our temporary exhibitions. Some of our past exhibitions include: ‘Message in a Bottle’; fish made from wood collected on the beach; and ‘Ocean Sole’, stunning sculptures from Kenya made from recycled flip-flops. Our current exhibition is ‘Container Shipping’.

Ausstellungsraum 3: Wechselausstellungen
Ausstellungsraum 3: Wechselausstellungen

Was es hier schon alles zu sehen gab! Z. B. eine Ausstellung zum Thema Flaschenpost, „Fische“ aus den Holzfunden der Jutter, oder auch die Ausstellung „Ocean Sole“ mit eindrucksvollen kenianischen Skulpturen aus alten Flip-Flops. Die aktuelle Ausstellung trägt den Titel „Die Containerschifffahrt“.

Exhibition room 4: beachcombing
Exhibition room 4: beachcombing

On display in this exhibition room, more things found on Texel beach, such as an entire collection of Russian vodka bottles, buoys, children’ toys, as well as objects from containers that have gone overboard. During the (school) holidays, this atmospheric room is also where we hold our beachcombing presentations.  

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Our shipwrecked ships

Walk across the inner courtyard of the museum to our ‘shipwrecked’ ships, a Norwegian wooden cutter ‘de Sjøfuglen’ and an actual escape pod. And yes, you can have a look inside!

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Inner courtyard

Some of the many special objects displayed in our inner courtyard have been fished up by Texel North Sea fishermen. Anchors, buoys, rudders, even an actual plane engine! There is also a lovely sheltered terrace in this courtyard.

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Museum café and souvenir shop

The museum café and the souvenir shop are situated by the museum entrance. The souvenir shop offers a wonderful collection of souvenirs, ranging from nautical products, soft toys to typical Texel souvenirs. In the museum café, you can enjoy a delicious snack or lunch, served all day. Or how about a nice cup of coffee with homemade Texel jutterskoek (beachcomber cake), only available here!

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