Telephone: +31 (0)318-454495
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Shop: shop present
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Size of the museum/site: small
Year of visit: 2002
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Description: Many Dutch soldiers have had their shooting exercises on this base. They were and still are being trained in handling rifles, machineguns and anti-tank guns. The "Schietkamp museum" was openend to show the evolution of training techniques throughout the years and to explain a little about the present day function of the Schietkamp.
The museum doesn't just cover the training activities of the soldiers, but also gives you a chance to have a peak into their everyday life, how they were housed and how they spent their spare time. This is done with the help of pictures and nice life-like dioramas. Over the last century the people in the village of Harskamp and the "Schietkamp Harskamp" (army base) have become closely related in both a social and an economic way, which is portrayed in a diorama showing a scene in a local bar, where infantrymen came to socialise with the locals, spend their money and basically get drunk. Apart from the pictures and dioramas, a lot of rifles and guns which were used over the years, are on display.
Just like the Infantry Museum and the National Reserves Museum situated closeby, this exhibition makes a neat impression and is well organised. Visiting all three museums makes a trip to Harskamp worthwile.
