Welcome to the
Watersnoodmuseum
We're open on Monday through Sunday: 10.00 - 17.00
Visit the museum
Opening hours:Monday through Sunday (7 days a week)10.00 - 17.00 hours
Stories about water
This museum is all about the extraordinary stories of ordinary people about their experiences with water.Stories about the disaster in ’53, stories about rebuilding, stories about the Delta Works.Told by the people who have experienced it.
Inside the museum
The flood museum is located in four caissons that were used in 1953 to close the final gap in the dyke. Walking into the museum is like walking into the history of water from 1953 up until now. Discover what the museum can teach you about water and water safety.
Night of the flood – The dikes break
It is the night of Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 1953. A…
Despair and decisiveness
During the night of the disaster, people desperately try to seek help via…
Repairing and strengthening the dikes
Day and night, people work with all their might to repair the dikes and…
The battle is never ending
In The Netherlands, we are never done with water management. The choices…
Temporary expositions
Apart from its permanent collection about the Flood of 1953, the museum also…
The flood
The Netherlands have had to deal with many floods over the past 2000 years. This can be deducted from the name ‘Nederland’, as ‘neder’ in Dutch means ‘low’. Whenever there was a storm that caused a considerable rise in sea water levels which damaged the sea defences, the low lands were flooded.
Delta works
The Delta plan is one of the most revolutionary civil engineering projects in the world. During the implementation of the Delta Works (1953-1997), many innovative techniques and materials were used.
