adaptation fire control post

On the photo the trailer of De Jong metalworks.
On Wednesday, March 14, HPL (High Pressure Laminate) was mounted on the underside of the roof of the fire control post. These plates are resistant to the salty sea air and defense.
The company Jong metaalwerken b.v. in Schagen this has been commissioned by Precium Kunststoffen bv. in Alkmaar for the museum.

Photo: Jan Heus

Work

For the development of the museum and the opening of the corridors in the dunes, a lot of work has already been done in recent years. From 2013, the northern part of the corridors has been tackled. The work consists of excavating the corridors filled with sand and debris and all that is needed to open these corridors to the public. The fire control post, which has been made accessible earlier, is increasingly being brought back to its original state. The work is carried out by volunteers and has taken up some 45,000 hours from the start. Thanks to the work of the volunteers, it is becoming increasingly possible to give visitors an impression of what was built by the Germans during the war years.

15th anniversary of Atlantikwall Museum Noordwijk


As part of the 15th anniversary of the Atlantikwall Museum Noordwijk, a trip to Normandy was organized for the volunteers and their partners. This would actually take place last year, however, due to the long preparation time this year has come of it. With some 45 people on board a coach from the Royal Beech, the company left for the south on October 5th. The volunteers waited for an extensive program of visits to Museums. It was also there to get new ideas for the design of the current museum. Since it was almost 11 hours away, lunch packets from Kaashandel Peter den Elzen had been taken for the first day and the second day. Well known from bunker cheese. We slept at the Mercure Hotel in Port-en-Bessin and from there, a total of over 10 museums were visited in 4 days. The return journey was accepted again on Sunday. The volunteers (and partners) have enough energy to make another successful season next year.

Visit students De Achtbaan

On 6 June, Jan Heus from the Atlantikwall Museum Noordwijk showed students from the public primary school De Achtbaan from Voorhout. The photo is made in a gun bunker connected to the tunnel system.

Foto: Bas van Diemen