What can I say about the Maritime Museum other then it was freaking awesome! Where else are you going to see a variety of panting that depict the 80 years of war with Spain (I especially like the ones done in pen), learn about the good and bad history of the Golden Age and the East India Company and hop aboard a replica of an East India Company ship! Although I did very much swinging on the hammocks on the ship, I couldn't imagine being in that tiny room with over a hundred other men. I don't even want to think about what that smelled like :(. I also really enjoyed the room with the ships and how you could move the screen attached to the glass and once it was hovering near a ship on the other side of the glass it would give you information on the different ships and what they were used for. I also enjoyed looking at the atlas room and appreciating the amount of time and work that must have taken to hand draw and color the pages. I was surprised by how accurate the early atlases were before travel by boat were used to explore the surrounding world.
At this museum, I probably learned the most about a variety of different topics in Dutch history. This was most definitely a great site and a fantastic way to start off our trip!
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