Historic Key from Willem Barentsz’s Era Displayed in Museum

A key from the time of explorer Willem Barentsz’s stay on Novaya Zemlya is now on display at the ‘t Behouden Huys museum on Terschelling, Barentsz’s birthplace. The museum expressed great excitement over the acquisition.

“It was significant for us to finally have an object that traveled with Willem Barentsz and his crew from the Netherlands to Novaya Zemlya,” said museum curator Richard van der Veen to Omrop Fryslân.

Source: NOS

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