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Clock and gunpowder horn
anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596, clockwork, NG-NM-7687
In 1596, Willem Barentsz, Jacob van Heemskerck and fifteen others spent the winter in an improvised shelter on the island of Nova Zembla off the north coast of Russia. Confined to their hut in the middle of the Polar winter, the men had no sense of night or day. A clock on the wall told the time,…
On display in room 2.9
Book chest of Hugo de Groot
anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1615, NG-KOG-1208
Traditionally, it was in this case that Hugo de Groot escaped from Loevestein Castle in 1621. He had been serving a life sentence there since 1619. The internationally renowned jurist De Groot (Grotius) had been arrested in 1618 as a political opponent of Prince Maurice. After his escape, De Groot…
On display in room 2.5
Commander’s baton of the Dutch…
anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1699, NG-NM-2801
On display in room 1.5
Medal of honour for Michiel de…
anonymous, 1657, NG-NM-815
On display in room 2.15
Kruitfles
anonymous, c. 1600, powder horn, NG-NM-3123
On display in room 0.12
Haarkam
anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1910, jewellery, BK-1970-105
On display in room 0.9
Hair Comb with Maple Seed Pods
Lucien Gaillard, c. 1902 - c. 1906, comb, BK-1989-7
On display in room 0.9
Bril met montuur van zilver met…
anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1890, BK-1972-142-A
On display in room 0.7
Ceremonial Sword
Michiel Esselbeek, c. 1650, small-sword, BK-1964-4
On display in room 0.12
Ship’s essentials
anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596, fragment, NG-NM-10390-1
On display in room 2.9