Zaandam Time Museum — Attraction in Zaanstad

What a clock collection they have , awesome .... they have explain each and everything there and everyone can easily visit and make a tour of Time museum. " UURWERK Museum" . Both the famous Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn and the first Zaan clockmaker were sons of millers. The 17th century Cornelis Michielszoon Volger was a clockmaker who also had interests in the windmill industry. He used a new development in the construction of clocks, namely, the pendulum. Just as the application of the crankshaft enabled planks to be sawn industrially with the help of wind power, application of the pendulum was a decisive step in the production of clocks on a...

A very surprisingly interesting museum about clocks and the measurenent of time. I personally got here a little late about 10mins before closing kind of ironic seeing how it's a museum of time keeping. The displays where beautiful and the staff was super friendly.

Admittion was included in my I Amsterdam Card which meant I still got to see the museum even if it was 10mins as I didn't have to pay out of pocket for full ticket for a fraction...

This place is serene, quiet, peaceful.. it's a stunning piece of architecture and hard to believe that it is still maintained since the 18th century

try coming after or before the summer season to escape the crowds. Can get very crowded in the summers. Make sure to have a cap, bottles of water and umbrella handy. The locals live amongst these windmills.. please be careful and respect their privacy. Carry your own food.....