Dear members of KIVI Department of History of Technology,

On 10 December, the presentation of the Willem Wolff Prize 2025 will take place. This prize has been won by the museum Historische Scheepswerf C.A. Meerman in Arnemuiden for a project to make the boat Orisande, an old large rowing boat, usable again among other things by installing an electric drive.

In addition, following the festive award ceremony, we have put together an interesting programme for you.

Programme: Introduction about Museum shipyard Meerman

  • 10.00 opening hours
  • 10:30 Coffee + bolus
  • Guided tour of the shipyard
  • Brief explanation of the prize-winning project by Museum Meerman (by Daniel
    Schot) and presentation of Willem Wolf Prize by chairman Afd. Geschiedenis der Techniek of
    Kon. Instituut van Ingenieurs (KIVI)
  • 12.30 Lunch at the wharf
  • Walk to Gemeentemuseum (coffee/tea)
  • Visit municipal museum with short lecture by Leen Schouls on the Tide Clock
  • Walk back to car park and drive to Vlissingen, Museum Scheepswerf De Schelde 150 years (tea/coffee)
  • Visit museum Scheldewerf Willem Ruysstraat 100 4381 NK Vlissingen
  • 15:30 conclusion of programme

To keep costs as low as possible, we have chosen to do the trip with your own transport as much as possible. If this is not possible, the board will gladly mediate between participants who come with their own transport and possible passengers. When registering, you can indicate if you are willing to bring any passengers or if you would like to take advantage of the opportunity to ride along if offered.

The cost of participation is €15.00, including lunch and coffee, You can register for this on the KIVI website. It is also possible to bring your partner to this presentation and the excursion, would you please click the registration "with partner"? The costs are then of course €30.00

Register and pay via the KIVI website before 1 December.

Please indicate whether you are willing to take passengers and from which location you will depart.

If you cannot or do not want to drive yourself, please indicate which easily accessible pick-up point you suggest. If it would not be possible to take you along, your payment will be refunded.

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Please mark your calendars for 2026:

Saturday 23 to Saturday 30 May 2026
Field trip to south-west Poland (Silesia)

Saturday 23 May outward trip to Wroclaw.

This biennial long foreign excursion starts in the city of Wroclaw with, among other things, a visit by historic tram to the tram depot and the Centennial Hall, the railway museum and the Church of Peace.

Then a visit to Katowice with, among other things, the porcelain museum and a zinc rolling mill.

Finally to Krakow with optional visit to Auschwitz. Near Krakow a visit to a salt mine (Unesco World Heritage Site) and an old but active stained-glass window workshop. And, of course, Krakow itself.

Saturday 30 May return to the Netherlands.

You make your own arrangements to and from Poland. Thus, if you wish, you can easily extend your visit. Travel can be by car, train or plane for which we will make suggestions.

Our travel commissioner, Han Heijmans, is now finalising the programme.

Upcomingactivities at the Science Center Delft:

  • Saturday 22 November 2025 at 11:00 a.m. lecture by Ir. R.J. de Heer: "Nine Centuries of Hydraulic Engineering as an Export Product''.
  • Saturday 20 December 2025 at 11:00 a.m. lecture by Ir. G.J. Luijendijk: "The Gliding Bridge across the World".

On the occasion of Histechnica's 50th anniversary, a book "Uit Falen Vooruitgang Halen" was published on Saturday 20 April 2024. The book will be available free of charge during the lecture.

Sincerely,
The Board of KIVI Department of the History of Engineering

Royal Institute of Engineers
www.kivi.nl/gdt

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