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Dutch delight


Intrepid reporter Erwin Goossens visits the town of Ommen in the Netherlands, home of the Nationaal Tinnen Figuren Museum

Mid June in Ommen, a small town 140 kilometres North-West of Amsterdam, and Lou G. van der Aa is waiting for me up at the entrance to the Nationaal Tinnen Figuren Museum. Normally closed on Monday, Lou, the museum’s PR man and webmaster, was kind enough to open the doors so TSC could have a good look around.

The museum has its origins with an association of collectors, the ‘Nederlandse Stichting voor Modelfiguren - de Tinnen Tafelronde’ (www.modelfiguren.nl) which was founded in 1955. After a long search for a meeting and display space the association found refuge in the former town hall of Ommen. The museum has occupied a large part of this historic building which dates from 1832, since 1985. The museum collection numbers about 200,000 figures with more than 100,000 on display to the public at any given time. Twelve volunteers work for the museum, which since August 2001 has been officially registered as a ‘National Museum’. Guided tours are available as are information sheets in each and every room for those visitors wishing to take a more solitary tour of the museum.
 

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