Guus Bosman

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Into Haarlem

Today we had an easy Saturday; after a nice breakfast we went into the city. When we walked towards the center we passed by a building on the Nieuwe Gracht which has a maquette of Haarlem hanging on the wall inside.

We were curious, so we rang the bell and asked if it would sometimes be open for the public. A very nice lady, who worked for the archeological institute of Haarlem, opened the door and let us in immediately. She showed us around, and after seeing the (magnificient) maquette she also showed us the first version of an exhibition for the archeological museum in the Vleeshal she was working on.

The maquette is very interesting; she said it was made by someone just as a hobby and that it had been stored in their attic for a long time. The city is shown as it was early in the 19th century. The city wall was still there as well as the various city gates. Very beautiful.

Archive of the library in Haarlem.

We did some shopping on the market and looked around in the city. Then I went to the library and got two new books. I downstairs again, into the archive, where they have a huge amount of books about Haarlem. I borrowed a book written by F. Allan on Haarlem's history. The lady of the museum had recommended it; it's written in 1874!

Later we had a late lunch in V&D.

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