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.
- Museum
- …dates from 1843
- Description: museum in Cruquius, the Netherlands
- Also known as“Cruquius Museum & Historisch Museum Haarlemmermeer (Stichting Haarlemmermeermuseum De Cruquius)”“De Cruquius Pumping Station”“Gemaal Cruquius”“Gemaal de Cruquius”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort bij Heemstede and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk.
Fort bij Heemstede
Fort
Fort bij Heemstede is situated 430 metres west of Museum De Cruquius.
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk
Church
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Museum De Cruquius.
Groenendaal Park
Park
Groenendaal park lies at the center of Heemstede, Netherlands. Groenendaal Park is situated 2 km west of Museum De Cruquius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cruquius and Heemstede.
Cruquius
Village
Cruquius is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Heemstede
Town
Heemstede is a town and a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Schalkwijk
Quarter
Schalkwijk is the largest borough of Haarlem, Netherlands. Schalkwijk is situated 2½ km northeast of Museum De Cruquius.
Museum De Cruquius
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Latitude
52.33809° or 52° 20′ 17″ north
Longitude
4.6381° or 4° 38′ 17″ east
Open location code
9F468JQQ+66
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OpenStreetMap feature
building=service
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historic=technical_monument
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tourism=museum
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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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