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Municipal Museum The Hannemahuis

Center for Harlingen Culture and History

Resident Jan Hannema distilled gin behind his house. Later, this was taken over by Geertje Talma and her husband. The foundations were rediscovered in 2000 and have been on display ever since.

Talma's secret

An underground gin distillery

Tile panel depicting the whaling ship ‘de Jonge Boom’, painted around 1770 by the Harlingen tile painter Pals Karsten (1723-ca. 1776)

Frisian blue

Fair and square

Director Hugo ter Avest with a special clock

Clocks

Harlinger clocks

Het Hannemahuis is busy digitizing its collection and making it available online. Part of it is now searchable via the collection website.