Posted by Executive Director on 8 October 2013 | 1051 Comments
Tags:
Dutch History,
Windmill in Foxton,
De Molen,
Foxton,
New Zealand Dutch History
New energy has been blown into the sails of a project to establish a Dutch museum and cultural centre in the heart of Foxton, right next to Dutch windmill De Molen.
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Posted by Executive Director on 5 February 2013 | 10663 Comments
Tags:
De Molen,
Windmill,
Foxton Museum,
TANS,
Dutch Connection
The recent press release (copied below) by the chairmen of the respective trusts working towards establishing a museum in Foxton is heartening and reflects the spirit of cooperation envisioned by Theo Muller in his Blog, "Creating Community". He wonder what we could achieve if we were somehow to work together, share resources, share talent, think as one. A Museum is a good start, but we also need to keep contemporary links with the Netherlands to be a truly a Dutch community within the wider New Zealand community, not an historic Dutch community.
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