Museum de Waag
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- Deventer
From time immemorial, De Waag has been an important icon of Deventer. This is the oldest weighing building in the Netherlands still built as such. Where trade used to be weighed, since 1915 you find a special museum full of old treasures of the city.
The Waag can be found on the Brink. As Deventer grew into one of the most important Hanseatic cities on the river IJssel, especially due to the increase of annual fairs held in Deventer and the increase of merchants who came from far and wide to trade their products here, it was necessary to supervise measuring. And in 1528, De Waag was built as a weighing house for measuring and weighing all these merchandise.
So the Waag building played an important role in the commercial life of the city. Merchants from all directions had to have their goods weighed here, under the responsibility of the city government. Nowadays you can visit the Waag for special exhibitions and the old treasures of Deventer.
Contact information
Museum de Waag
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Address
Brink 56
7411BV Deventer - phone number +31570640590
- email info@deventerverhaal.nl
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Socialmedia
Opening hours
| Monday | closed |
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| Tuesday | 11:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 - 17:00 |
| Saturday | 11:00 - 17:00 |
| Sunday | 11:00 - 17:00 |
