Interview: Mathieu Willemsen, Curator of the Dutch National Military Museum
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Today we have a brief conversation with Mathieu Willemsen, Curator of the Dutch National Military Museum. This was shorter than I would have preferred, because it came right at the end of a long day of filming guns, and we only had a few minutes - but I would like to encourage anyone who happens to find themselves in the Netherlands to make time to visit the museum - it is well worth it! You can see their online presence here: https://www.nmm.nl/en/
Those who are particularly interested will enjoy and appreciate Mathieu's book, "Trial And Experiment" on the Dutch collection of interested experimental firearms: https://amzn.to/2IySEhu
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