Water: Friend or Enemy?

For centuries, water provided protection, prosperity, cooling in summer and skating fun in winter. But water also brought danger, such as floods and enemies approaching via water. In this interactive program, students delve into the role of water as a source of power but also as a threat. Why is Muiderslot situated on the river Vecht? How did residents keep dry feet when the dikes broke? And what does the rising water level mean for us in the future?

Together with a museum teacher, students investigate how people used to deal with water and what we can learn from it today. In the castle atelier they then engage in a discussion game. By thinking, talking and imagining together, they discover how we can live together with water now and in the future.

Themes: Water management, water as defense, water as threat, past and present, climate change, subsistence living