Heritage education

Heritage is such a natural element in our living environment that we often no longer realize that it has something to tell us. Heritage is not only a tangible imprint of our cultural history, but as a shared past also has emotional value and a certain unifying capacity.

Heritage education includes a wide spectrum of activities for all kinds of audiences, which aim to gain knowledge and understanding as well as experience of heritage. Heritage education is also: learning about, by and with heritage.

Of course, as the Hellevoetsluis Defence Works Foundation, we also want to bring military heritage to the attention of students. From primary school to secondary education and beyond. That is why we have a diverse range in which hopefully many activities will be mentioned that can be interesting and fun for students, but also for teachers.

Heritage with class(es)

The Defence Works Foundation is participating in this school project.
Primary schools in Hellevoetsluis can get acquainted with the cultural heritage of Hellevoetsluis free of charge through this project.

For the Hellevoetsluis Defence Works Foundation, groups 5 can visit the Haerlem barracks and the surrounding area.
During an educational morning or afternoon, the children will learn all kinds of things about the military history of Hellevoetsluis. Listening, but also doing activities are part of this visit.
You can request a visit by contacting us.

World War I

The Netherlands was neutral in the First World War. That does not mean that nothing happened militarily, on the contrary. The Netherlands was on edge for four years to beat back a possible intruder. The impact of this neutrality was great and has left traces, including in the form of military heritage.

A visit means that children play a trivial game and a guided tour is given. After this visit, the students gained knowledge about this time period in Dutch history.
This visit takes about an hour and fifteen minutes. You can get more information by contacting us.

Hidden border

With this teaching program, primary schools can get started with heritage education around the Second World War. A visit to our location makes the experience even greater. You can contact us for this.
More information can be found via this link.

Traces of the Second World War

This component offers opportunities for secondary school teachers in the context of heritage education.
There are fewer and fewer people who lived through the Second World War. That is why it is important to record as much information as possible from eyewitnesses. During the implementation of this project, students expand their knowledge about the consequences of the Second World War.

On the site : www.sporenww2.nl you will find the information about this offer.