For groups of 15 students and up | 100 minutes | from € 13.00 per person
Kick off your excursion with a visit to our Secondary Pumping Station De Fabriek and see the video and exhibition on water management, windmills, and innovation. Next, you will learn how the impressive Wisboom Pumping Station operates. The audio tour on your way to one of the museum windmills will explain how the Dutch have mastered the water for centuries.
Your visit to Kinderdijk:
- View the film and exhibition in Secondary Pumping Station De Fabriek
- Discover the power of our historic Wisboom Pumping Station
- Listen to an audio tour on the way to a Museum Mill
- Have a look inside the Blokweer or Nederwaard Museum Mill
Secondary Pumping Station De Fabriek: film and exhibition
In Secondary Pumping Station De Fabriek, you will journey through the history of Dutch water management. The film and exhibition reveal how windmills and other technological innovations helped keep the inhabitants dry and explain how people managed to control the water here for hundreds of years.
Wisboom Pumping Station: technology in action
Wisboom Pumping Station, built in 1868, demonstrates how pumping stations helped to pump water away. You can learn how this huge machine operated and how it moved the water so quickly. There are demonstrations and scale models to explain how ingenious this system was.
Visit a museum mill
Step back in time in Blokweer Museum Mill or Nederwaard Musuem Mill. Appreciate the force of the water flowing under the mill and watch the gear wheels at work. Here, you will learn how the millers made sure the local inhabitants stayed dry.
Learn more with an audio tour
The audio tour (available on your own phone) that plays as you make your way to the windmill shares stories from the region’s past, the struggle against the water, and the role of the windmills in this history. Students can listen actively and deepen their knowledge while exploring the landscape.