The Maritime Museum wound up being practically next door to the tourist info so I decided that was the best bet.
They covered all shipping of all history from the netherlands- that's explorers, commercial, passenger as well as mapmaking. The mapmaking was kind of a high-light as I have always been interested in maps, and it comes in handy on all travels- contemporary wandering exploring vacations (like this).
Also they had a whole section on immigration and that includes my family too. The library there is open to the public on Fridays and apparently they have archived passenger lists- so that would be really cool to see.
They also have an old ship moored outside which was like stepping into the past- it was curated including taxidermied rats!
The only downside for me is that my head was already foggy and there were no less than 6 children's birthday parties going on and at least 3 teen groups and the place is built like a big echoey ship so it was obnoxiously noisy.
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