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Zwerfvuilmuseum: what does a find from the street tell you?

A discarded object can raise questions as soon as someone keeps it. The Zwerfvuilmuseum in Groningen’s Oosterparkwijk district makes found rubbish the focus of attention.

Plan your visit ↗

From street to collection

According to OOG TV, the initiative displays finds from the neighbourhood. Choose an object whose use you don’t immediately recognise. What can you actually see, and what are you filling in yourself?

A place in the neighbourhood

The available information points to Het Oude Politiebureau on Zaagmuldersweg. The neighbourhood initiative and the community restaurant form the setting for the visit; check in advance whether the display is accessible.

Look without inventing a story

With a puzzling find, an explanation is quickly to hand. First try to describe only its shape, material and damage. Keep your hunch as a question rather than mistaking it for the object’s history.

Before you go

The sources give different visiting windows. Current museum opening hours are not confirmed; check with the venue.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. Zwerfvuilmuseum — source 1

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Source reference from a Grok research card; source content still to be verified independently.

  2. Zwerfvuilmuseum — source 2

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Source reference from a Grok research card; source content still to be verified independently.

  3. Zwerfvuilmuseum — source 3

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Source reference from a Grok research card; source content still to be verified independently.

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