Comments on: Van Loon Museum: A restored Golden Age house https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/ Taking the road less traveled Sat, 24 Aug 2024 08:50:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2481 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 08:14:51 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2481 In reply to Natalie Deduck.

Great to hear it! I’m hoping to visit one more when I’m there again on Tuesday, If I do, you’ll read about it here!

]]> By: Natalie Deduck https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2477 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:14:58 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2477 I love the idea of walk around the house and travel to the past. So much history in just one place!
We are travelling to Amsterdam on April with some brazilian friends, your posts about the museum and the city arrived in the right time!
Cheers,
Nat

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2420 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:52:26 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2420 In reply to Tracie Howe.

Funny, we get all nostalgic for this kind of life, drinking tea in the drawing room, but of course we always picture ourselves as the upper class, not as the servant class!

]]> By: Tracie Howe https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2410 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:14:01 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2410 I love all the details in old homes like these. This first thing that came to my mind was Downton Abbey too.

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2407 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:51:45 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2407 In reply to Chris.

I never thought of it that way, Chris!

]]> By: Chris https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2403 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:17:51 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2403 Similar to what Doreen said, anything 50-100 years of age is old in Australia!

It makes me feel so young to see places like this (another perk of travel)!

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2401 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 18:30:54 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2401 In reply to Annie Martin.

I agree! They had a little sign on a stand in each room, but that was it. Easy to ignore, but nice to have if you’re particularly curious about something. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Annie Martin https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2399 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:41:05 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2399 This looks so cool. I love seeing history preserved. I especially like how they keep modern distractions to a minimum. It really bothers me when you go into an old house like this and they have televisions set up to tell you about the house. It seems so unauthentic.

]]> By: Rachel Heller https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2397 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:31:11 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2397 In reply to Doreen Pendgracs.

Yes, that’s true! I’ve gotten very blasé about it. We bought a house last year and I found myself saying things like ‘It’s not so old. It’s only from 1880.’

]]> By: Doreen Pendgracs https://rachelsruminations.com/van-loon-museum-amsterdam/#comment-2395 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:41:29 +0000 https://rachelsruminations.com/?p=3183#comment-2395 Interesting post, Rachel! I always am amazed just how much history there is in Europe compared to what we have in Canada. Here … something is old (historic) when it’s 100 years old. There … historic can mean that something is several hundred years old, as in the case of the 1672 establishment you’ve mentioned!

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