Museum of Lithographed Tin Cans
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2023) |
 Tin cans in the museum | |
  Location within Belgium | |
| Location | Rue du Condroz 5-10, Grand-Hallet, Belgium |
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| Coordinates | 50°41′22″N 5°02′41″E / 50.689357°N 5.044750°E |
| Collection size | over 50.000 |
| Visitors | 500 |
| Director | Yvette Dardenne |
The Museum of Lithographed Tin Cans is a museum in Grand-Hallet in the Hannuit area in Belgium. De tin cans dating from 1868 to date were collected since 1988 by Yvette Dardenne, who is the owner of the museum. It is the largest collection of lithographed tins in the world. The collection is spread over three buildings and is sorted into themes s much as possible. Visiting the museum is only possible by appointment. A visit with a tour takes about two hours. For children there is also a mini-zoo.
Collection
[edit]As of 2017 the collection exceeds 57000 tin cans. Some remarkable items are:
- A 100000 Reichsmark Bonbon, E Wolff's Nachfolger, Strassburg-Neudorf
- A lunch box with images of President Paul Kruger
- A KLM plane
- The ship Normandie
Images
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100000 Reichsmark Bonbon -
President Paul Kruger -
KLM airplane -
Normandie
Sources
[edit]- "Yvette Dardenne : les boîtes, c'est son affaire - Toute l'actu 24h/24 sur Lavenir.net". lavenir.net. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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