Cycling as Heritage

Representing the History of Cycling in the Netherlands

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10248840
AutoresM Stoffers (0000-0001-9165-8200, Maastricht University, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume33
Fascículo1
Páginas92-114
Data de publicação2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Transport History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-5266 • E-ISSN: 1759-3999
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7227/tjth.33.1.7
OpenAlexW1987458324
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14

Present high levels of bicycle use in the Netherlands, which are unique for a Western country, can be attributed to their remarkable history of cycling for transport. Even so, the Dutch have no publicly-funded museum that records this part of the national heritage. Making a case for the importance of public presentation of Dutch cycling history, this paper starts with a historical explanation for the absence of the bicycle from Dutch heritage conservation. An analysis of how cycling history is represented in transport and technology museums elsewhere is presented, looking at public collections abroad. Finally, an alternative way of presenting cycling history that is visually attractive and historically more up to date than in many museums of transport and technology is suggested

Archaeology · Cycling · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · History