SHIP IJmuiden Visitor Centre open until end of September
The collaborating partners in the North Sea Canal area will keep SHIP open until 1 September. In this period, they will investigate the possibility of a visitor centre that will show how the area will develop in the coming years. Until then, SHIP, the current visitor centre with the interactive exhibition about the construction of the IJmuiden sea lock, will remain open.
After the official opening of Zeesluis IJmuiden by King Willem Alexander, the exhibition was supposed to stop at the end of March. After the opening moment with the king and the release of the last coronagraphs, it is expected that there is still a lot of interest in the exhibition. The cooperating partners have decided to keep the exhibition open longer. In the period until the end of September, the partners are thinking about the possibilities of extending the exhibition, in which all the tasks from the NZKG have a place, in the long term.
What's on display until the end of September?
SHIP gives visitors a good idea of the construction of Zeesluis IJmuiden in all its facets and many port activities on and around the North Sea Canal. A new part of the exhibition is the story of selective withdrawals. A measure to prevent further salinization of the North Sea Canal. It ensures that some of the salty seawater that comes along with each lifting of the new sea lock is drained back to the sea. This prevents the water in the North Sea Canal from becoming too salty and adversely affecting agriculture, nature and the drinking water supply.
Book a guided tour
SHIP is open to individuals and groups Wednesday through Friday and Sundays between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Booking a guided tour can be done at www.ship-info.nl
