Nationaal Bus Museum

Nationaal Bus Museum

Nationaal Bus Museum in 2012
Location in Groningen in the Netherlands
Location	Produktieweg 13[1] Hoogezand, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°09′55″N 06°43′46″E
Type	Transport museum
Visitors	27,027 (2015)
Chairperson	Willem Goelema[2]
Website	www.nationaalbusmuseum.nl

The Nationaal Bus Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [nɑ(t)ɕoːˌnaːl ˈbʏs myˈzeːjʏm]; English: National Bus Museum) is a transport museum in Hoogezand in the Netherlands. The museum has a collection of Dutch buses. With 27,027 visitors in 2015, it is one of the most-visited museums in the province of Groningen.

Location

The museum is located at the Produktieweg in the village of Hoogezand, part of the municipality of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.^[1]

Collection

The museum has a collection of buses and bus-related objects from the Netherlands, especially from the northern part of the country.^[3]

• 
  GVBG 61
• 
  Nefkens 59/VAD 1759
• 
  DVM 57
• 
  Harmanni 66
• 
  GVG 7
• 
  GADO 4400

Administration

Year	Visitors		Year	Visitors
2003	14,886[4]		2010	21,107[5]
2004	21,243[4]		2011	18,706[6]
2005	23,917[4]		2012	20,383[6]
2006	17,500[4]		2013	18,812[6]
2007	14,542[5]		2014	28,260[6]
2008	20,630[5]		2015	27,027[6]
2009	21,265[5]

Willem Goelema is chairman of the museum.^[2]

The museum had 18,812 visitors in 2013, 28,260 visitors in 2014, and 27,027 visitors in 2015. The visitor numbers are including museum bus rides. It is one of six museums in Groningen with more than 25 thousand visitors in 2015, making it one of the most-visited museums of the province that year.^[6]

Since 2015, the museum has been registered in the Museumregister Nederland (Netherlands Museum Register), a quality mark for museums in the Netherlands.^[7]

References

1. Waar vindt u ons en de Openingstijden (in Dutch), Nationaal Bus Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
2. Bestuur (in Dutch), Nationaal Bus Museum. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
3. Nationaal Bus Museum Hoogezand (in Dutch), Royal Dutch Touring Club. Retrieved 29 June 12016.
4. Intermuseaal Extra (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen, 2008. Retrieved on 29 June 2016.
5. Bezoekcijfers musea aangesloten bij Museumhuis Groningen (in Dutch), Museumhuis Groningen. Retrieved on 29 June 2016.
6. Bezoekcijfers erfgoedinstellingen Groningen Archived 21 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch), Stichting Erfgoedpartners, 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
7. Geregistreerde musea (in Dutch), Museumregister Nederland. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

External links

• Nationaal Bus Museum (in Dutch), official website