Frisian Maritime Museum, Sneek, NL Photos

The Frisian Maritime Museum (Fries Scheepvaart Museum) focuses on Sneek's history as a maritime town by exhibiting boat models; navigational instruments; paintings; recreations of the interiors of local homes; and a large collection of Frisian region silverware.

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Fries Scheepvaart Museum (Frisian Maritime Museum) focuses on the history of navigation & ship building in the area & also houses a major collection of Frisian silver. Sneek, Netherlands.	Entrance to Fries Scheepvaart Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	One of the many Dutch ships viewed from above at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Ice sail boat at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Example of highly ornate fireplace as might have been seen in a wealthy home in the area at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Curved staircase to second level at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Showcase with antique glassware & silver collection at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Ornate covered silver tankard (c1696) from Augsburg Germany. Sneek, Netherlands.

Ornate standing silver candle holders. Sneek, Netherlands.	Silver model depicting a farm with outbuilding (1902) by Joule Durks Wierstra at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Neo-Empire style tea set (1915) by Dutch silversmith Alle de Haas of Sneek at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Array of highly ornate pieces for silver tea, coffee or chocolate services (c1861-1901) by several Sneek silversmiths at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Silver coffee pot (1873) made by Jacobus Johannes Oosterbaan Jr, & Theodorus Van Erp both of Leeuwarden at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Inkwell set (1860) made by Lourens Bernardus van Manen of Sneek & presented to a local Sneek pharmacist by fellow pharmacists & physicians for his 50th anniversary at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Drinking horn of Grand Shipmasters' Guild of Buffelhoorn (1529) mounted with silver & with depictions of St. James & St Christopher at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Bag frame with rococo ornaments & four episodes from the parable of the Prodigal Son & an allegory of Faith (c1800) by Johannes Feddema & Hendrik van der Weide both of Leeuwarden at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Bag handle with openwork decorations & images of Justice, two Bacchantes & Prosperity (1868) by Albertus Martein Sustring of Sneek at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Spoon (1720-45) with handle depicting Judith with the head of Holophernus by Wieger Cornelis Schreuder of Sneek at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Spoon sailing prize for a race on the Pikmeer in Grou (1908) by J. Verhoopt of Hoorn at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Collection of decorative spoons by Friesland artisans at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Collection of decorative spoons by Friesland artisans at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Stained glass window representing Friesland's role as a center of the timber industry at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Office furnishings (c1860) from the Oppedijk family timber company at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Cast iron stove (late 19th - early 20thC) used for slow burning coal or wood to heat small rooms at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Glass painting (1680) by Eise Aetes Ruytenbach who lived his life in Sneek at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Antique push sled painted with winter scene at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Frisian sleigh (19thC), decorated with openwork motifs, flowers & winter scenes at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Frisian sleigh (19thC), decorated with openwork motifs, flowers & winter scenes at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Antique painted sleigh at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Banner of united Orangemen of Sneek at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Collection of ships in bottles at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Multi-sailed ship in a bottle at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Wall bed (c1775-1800) with paneling in Louis XV style at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Parlor furnished in the Biedermeier style (c1844) popular in western Europe in the first half of the 19thC at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Biedermeier style furnishings in style 1815-50 at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Victorian ebonized sideboard (1890) made by R. Dikland at Grootzand of Sneek at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Dining room furnished in Victorian fashion with ebonized furniture (1890) made by R. Dikland at Grootzand of Sneek and many small collectibles at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Cabinet displaying (1850-1900) with 18thC Chinese porcelain at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Array of tiles featuring Dutch ships of mid-17thC at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Tiles (c1650) from Harlingen featuring Dutch ships at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Collection of Dutch antiques, tiles & ceramics at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Fireplace surround with multiple scenes created with Delft tiles at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Dutch ship painted on tile from Amsterdam (c1650) at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Sailing ship painted on fragment of ceramic plate (c1650) from Bodem (Ziel) van een Schotel at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Ship drawn on tile (c1780) from Utrecht at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Chimney mantel (1762-80) in Louis XV (Rococo) style with carved ship from house in Sneek attrib. Jan van Nijs over open wood-burning hearth & tile back at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Tile panel (1811) painted by Poppe Andries Meinsma of Makkum from farmhouse in Harich & made for butter merchant Idske Jans Poppes in Balk. Panel depicts a sailing butter ship & a trading ship. Sneek, Netherlands.	Tile panel (1811) painted by Poppe Andries Meinsma of Makkum from farmhouse in Harich & made for butter merchant Idske Jans Poppes in Balk. Panel features his trade mark, a cow & attributes of the butter trade. Sneek, Netherlands.

Cupboard (1762-80) in Louis XV (Rococo) attrib. Jan van Nijs displaying imported ceramics including pair of English dogs at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Delft style tile plaque displaying scene of Harlingen Friesland harbor by N.V. J,v Hulst at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Snuff (rappee) tobacco jar decorated with coat of arms of Sneek (1750-1800) manufactured at De Drie Kloken in Delft at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Three cabinet vases (1775-1800), one of which portrays Ofke Teunis, a Sneek potter at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Wedding gift of lidded pot (1956) with skating scene & inscription to newly married couple at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Array of decorated plates awarded during the annual Sneekweek at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Frisian incised pottery (1850-1950) at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Lacework ceramic plate decorated with sailboat design at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Wall plaque with image of Waterpoort in Sneek (1898-1910) at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Ornate plate with image of Waterpoort in Sneek at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Wall plaque with image of Waterpoort in Sneek before restoration of 1877 at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Wall plaque (1940) with coats of arms of 11 cities & route map of Elfstedentochtroute, the famous 200 km natural ice speed skating race in Friesland, a rare event because it can only be held when the natural ice reaches a specified thickness. Sneek, Netherlands.

Wall plaque commemorating Sneekweek in 1986 with image of Sneek Watertoren in the center. Sneek, Netherlands.	Ancient ceramics objects found in surrounding area. Sneek, Netherlands.	Incised decorative ceramics. Sneek, Netherlands.	Linen press (1800-1900) at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Gentlemen's room from farmhouse (1783) which belonged to timber merchant & his wife at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Gentlemen's room decorated with Dutch themed wall paintings (1791) by Aede Lútzens at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Dutch windmill painting (1791) by Aede Lútzens in Gentlemen's room at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Dutch village painting (1791) by Aede Lútzens in Gentlemen's room at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Gentlemen's room from farmhouse (1783) with Dutch furniture & ethnic costume at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Dutch allegorical painting (1791) by Aede Lútzens in Gentlemen's room at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Portrait of Captain Adriaen Slijp (1646-1650) by Pieter Nason at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Portrait of Elisabeth Slijp, sister of Captain Adriaen Slijp (1646-1650) by Pieter Nason at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Tile panel depicting a merchant ship & Anglo-Dutch warship on the Meuse River near Rotterdam (1748) by Dirk Dancer at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Military Review of Patriot Free Corps in Sneek painting (1786) by Hermanus van der Velde at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	View of a canal painting (1775-1800) by unknown at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Ice skating scene painting (1800-25) by unknown at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Sailing merchant ship painting (1837) by Dirk Piebes Sjollema at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Chalk cliffs of English coast with several ships Gouache painting (19thC) by Wiebe Annes Visser at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Seascape with eel barge Gouache painting (19thC) by Wiebe Annes Visser at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Merchant ship heading towards harbor painting (1750-1800) by unknown at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.

Winter Village Scene painting (c1850-1884) of famous winter long distance ice skate racing contest by Oene Romkes De Jongh at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	View from Middenstraat of houses on the Bleekstraat in Makkum painting (1873) by Cornelis Springer at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.	Commemoration (created in 1945) of the Sneek Waterpoort, the only remnant of the extensive fortifications which once surrounded the city at Frisian Maritime Museum. Sneek, Netherlands.