Gevangenismuseum
Investigation results
None of the objects in this museum have problematic provenance.
Result of this investigation
The museum declined to take part in the investigation explaining that its collection contains no uniquely identifiable objects.
Information from previous research (report Museum Acquisitions 1940-1948)
View reaction of Gevangenismuseum in the report Museale acquisitions 1940-1948 which was published in 1999 in response to the previous museum research.
About this museum and its collection
The museum surveys the punishments that were administered in various periods since 1600. Crime and punishment are universal phenomena, although forms of punishment have changed significantly over the centuries. The museum also tells the history of Veenhuizen.