History
The Amsterdam Pipe Museum started as a private initiative and the museum collection grew to represent a global overview. The museum, currently housed in a pretty Amsterdam canal-side mansion, organizes exhibitions throughout the Netherlands and even in Europe.
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Importance
The Amsterdam Pipe Museum is an internationally acclaimed specialized museum and documentation and information center. The collection is the most important of its kind in the Netherlands. The Amsterdam Pipe Museum is one of the few museums to continue to collect and present the rich history of pipe smoking for present and future generations, despite these times of anti-smoking sentiments.
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