"Who has not dreamed of a delightful afternoon in a real biscuit and chocolate factory...?"
Bart Merkus, CEO Royal Verkade
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"We have a wonderful Dutch brand with more than 120 years of experience in making the best biscuits and chocolates for millions of Dutch people. The Verkade Pavilion shows how these products were lovingly created and children themselves can participate in the production process. For who has not dreamed of a delightful afternoon in a real biscuit and chocolate factory...?"
Bart Merkus, CEO Royal Verkade
Verkade Pavilion
Interactive Visitor Exhibition - 2009
Verkade experience
For more than 100 years Verkade produced biscuits, chocolates and many other products, but it is not the story of a business, but of people—of the family who headed the company for four generations, of the people who played important roles in its growth and of the ‘Meisjes’, the hundreds of women who worked at the conveyor belts during the company’s history.
The Verkade Pavilion is part of the Zaans Museum and since its opening by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 2009 the annual number of visitors have more than tripled. It is an exhibition popular with young and old alike.
Credits: IJsfontein: Interactive installations; Cor van Hillo: Architect;
Berry Slok: Graphic design; Joost Beij: Light design; Rapenburg: Media control