Museum De Cruquius
The Museum De Cruquius occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik, a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer dry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Waterworks
- Description: museum in Cruquius, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Cruquius Museum & Historisch Museum Haarlemmermeer (Stichting Haarlemmermeermuseum De Cruquius)”, “De Cruquius Pumping Station”, and “Gemaal Cruquius”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Groenendaal Park and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk.
Groenendaal Park
Park
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Groenendaal park lies at the center of Heemstede, Netherlands. The park includes the grounds of old Heemstede country estates Bosbeek, and Meer en Berg. Groenendaal Park is situated 2 km west of Museum De Cruquius.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk
Church
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Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Museum De Cruquius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cruquius and Heemstede.
Cruquius
Village
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Cruquius is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about 4 km northwest of Hoofddorp.
Heemstede
Town
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Heemstede is a town and a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. In 2021, it had a population of 27,545. Located just south of the city of Haarlem on the border with South Holland, it is one of the richest municipalities of the Netherlands.
Schalkwijk
Quarter
Schalkwijk is the largest borough of Haarlem, Netherlands. It has about 30.000 inhabitants, and covers about 25% of the municipality of Haarlem. Until 1963, Schalkwijk was a part of the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude. Schalkwijk is situated 2½ km northeast of Museum De Cruquius.
Museum De Cruquius
- Categories: steamdriven pumping station, pumping station, museum, and industry
- Location: Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Museum De Cruquius” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cruquius Museum & Historisch Museum Haarlemmermeer (Stichting Haarlemmermeermuseum De Cruquius)”
- Dutch: “De Cruquius”
- Dutch: “Gemaal Cruquius”
- Dutch: “Gemaal De Cruquius”
- Dutch: “Haarlemmermeermuseum De Cruquius”
- Dutch: “Museum de Cruquius”
- Dutch: “Museum De Cruquius”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 19918”
- French: “musée De Cruquius”
- French: “Musée De Cruquius”
- German: “Gemaal Cruquius”
- German: “Gemaal De Cruquius”
- German: “Pumpwerk De Cruquius”
- Spanish: “Cruquiusmuseum”
- Spanish: “De Cruquius”
- Spanish: “Museo de Cruquius”
- Spanish: “Museo De Cruquius”
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