The NHF is working on a unique project. Together with a team of historians, architects, students and heritage organisations, we are building a full scale model of New Amsterdam between 1660 en 1664.

How can a scale model tell the stories of New Amsterdam? What makes this representation unique, is its focus on historical human activity. The buildings and landscape of New Amsterdam set the stage for the real stories of the people of New Amsterdam and gives a 3D dimension to the archives, maps, and books about this period and place in time.he first phase of NY400. You can support shipping the scale model of New Amsterdam to the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City by becoming a Founding Father or Founding Mother of New Amsterdam.

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Impressions of the scale model