How to clean a 17th century ship model - Rijksmuseum Behind the Scenes

Every day, hundreds of people are working behind the scenes of the Rijksmuseum to keep the museum running and to maintain the collection. But what happens when the doors are closed and the visitors have gone home? That’s what you can see in the series ‘Behind the Scenes at the Rijksmuseum’.
In this episode of ‘Behind the Scenes at the Rijksmuseum', Furniture conservator Tirza and her colleague Corinne are armed with a special developed vacuum cleaner. Their mission is to clean the ship model 'William Rex', which is pretty dusty.
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Dagelijks werken er honderden mensen achter de schermen van het Rijksmuseum om het museum draaiende te houden en de collectie te onderhouden. Maar wat gebeurt er nu eigenlijk allemaal zodra de deuren gesloten zijn en het publiek naar huis is? Dat zie je in de serie Behind the Scenes of the Rijksmuseum.
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[@TheMaggieGQ]

We've seen this on person during our visit at the museum in 2019. It is majestic.

[@bigbob1699]

I love them. Once upon a time I gave a finished plastic model of the HMS bounty to an uncle. After a couple of months my aunt put it in the tub and used the shower to clean it. Last sailing.

[@jeffjames4064]

By God it's magnificent! I never thought I'd be jealous of the cleaning lady. 😁😁 Just hope to never hear "oops".

[@djairduarte1319]

A true show of beauty, art and naval history. Few places in the world treats these passages of an era so zealously that the "Beautiful" was the focus of many reigns, artists and delicacy in their buildings, whether naval or architectural buildings. 👏👏👏

[@jonathanhartfield533]

That is one BIG model ship I’ve never seen.

[@bigbob1699]

Those two girls are true artists.

[@RingoAnselmo]

A mean... Females are born for this !!

[@ashleysmith3106]

My visit to the Rijksmuseum was one of the highlights of my first trip to Europe from Australia! The whole place was outstanding, and although being an Art student and having seen illustrations in books of Rembrandt's De Nachtwacht. The Night Watch, I had no idea of the scale or magnificence of the artwork ! I felt that I could just step into the painting !

[@challis5513]

All hands on deck. That seems to be a tedious task but i see the tools you use are very specific. I did not think an occupation like this existed. Well done

[@RichadTheLionHeat]

Absolutely a beautiful, masterfully detailed piece of historical maritime national treasure. It was absolutely breathtaking to see this massive scale model up close being so painstakingly cleaned. Great filming 🎞 🎥, appreciate see sections up close. Looking forward to seeing more outstanding videos of more historic model ships. Thank you so very much. I have shared this with many others, family, friends, colleagues, classic car enthusiasts, along with scale model railroaders, scale model car, aircraft, ships builders and enthusiasts. 👍🏻😎 ship 🛳👍🏻😎🎥🎞🛳👍🏻😎

[@reyrey878]

Masterpiece👌

[@sweaspurdoddd5466]

Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!

[@lasse5179]

What a beautiful Ship, what a beautiful work and what a beautiful profession!

[@Zfast4y0u]

OK WOW, what a ship, if i had shit load of money i would love to have this in my living room as center piece :)))

[@welshpete12]

That model is so good that when they are working on the deck its as if you are standing on the deck of the real ship ! Did you notice how even the ropes are all hand made and made to the correct dimensions ? But why or why is it not in a glass case ? It would keep it clean and dirt in time will destroy this this wonderful artifact !

[@thedoc1210]

what an amazing job

[@russellstone9056]

How much you want for it? I need that one for my collection.

[@AdmiraltyShipModels]

Wonderful work!

[@Olconer]

i wish i could get this job , i love these things.

[@KrollDan]

Breathtaking.

[@freederth619]

beautiful piece!

[@ramonstam9049]

Dit geduldige klusje kan je wel aan Tirza overlaten. Kasten restaureren kan ze ook goed. Dat weet ik uit ervaring...

[@bobsnabby2298]

Much more useful is to blow off the dust and then suck it through filters. Swiping it by brushes eventually wear off the paint. Blowing air would be more gentle cleaning method.

[@peterdavy6110]

Notice the stern ornament of HMS Royal Charles over the gallery door! We want it back!/Let op het strenge ornament van HMS Royal Charles boven de galerijdeur! We willen het terug!

[@samwessels8216]

isn't that the ship we stole at the raid of the medway?

[@reaper6303]

Hey man HMS Royal Charles was captured fair and square alright?

[@samwessels8216]

searched ship model and dit not expect to see a video in my native language

[@chauhanvishaldr]

Le navi del XVII secolo sono buone 👍👍

[@kevinoverbeck4250]

Some nice brushes and gentle compressed air would have gotten that done super fast and efficient.

[@callumrichens7904]

Compressed air will only blow dust and debris onto other surfaces of the ship or other artefacts in the museum. Vacuums must be used where air is filtered and the dust is emptied elsewhere

[@ACIDFR3AK]

Why not have it in a glass case

[@user-dz7dn5ye4o]

А под стекло нельзя всё это дело?

[@badder27com]

Been there 😁

[@mariakhaneladejesus-saplal7741]

My heart stopped as she moved her arms through all those rigging :-)

[@Dominic_Kim-]

I bet it can sail in water, actually water!

[@spencersix5884]

Is there any website or book on how to build a model ship that size? I would love to know a source to learn from.

[@russellstone9056]

It would essentially be the same as building any ship model. There are kits out there up to about 4 ft long. You could use instructions and plans from one of those models and just blow them up to the size you want. Most people don't want to model that size because of the difficulty in displaying it. Take a look at Philip Reed videos on KZbin. He is a master and builds in 1/16" = 1 ft scale. His models rival the model in this video in every way even though they are much smaller. They are easier to display in glass cases so they can be protected. It's better to display models in cases due to their fragile nature.

[@russellstone9056]

There are also many forums online. Plus you can go now to Google and search for model ship building books. There are quite a few of them now as well as plans and manuals available.

[@cometmace]

I was at the museum earlier this month. The William Rex was one of my favorite pieces. I was so surprised that it wasn't enclosed in a glass case to protect it from the dust. Why isn't it enclosed?

[@dauntlesschicken9756]

Probably for visitors to be able to view it more closely? But I agree it should be enclosed.

[@Christian-cb9jr]

It doesn't look as vulnerable as other model ships. If someone where to touch it it wouldn't get damaged right away. Besides that it looks nicer without a glass box around it so why not.

[@sran9492]

@@Christian-cb9jr so it could have longer lifespan, human hands have a little bit acid skin so it could damage the ship

[@Christian-cb9jr]

@@sran9492 I know but that is not a problem because you're still not allowed to touch it. Actually I believe none of the paintings in the Rijksmuseum are enclosed with glass.

[@KingdomofBavaria.official]

It's so the cleaners have easier accessibility to the model

[@ikramsaidin93]

Question .... a story about a pirate. In ancient times, yachts became a symbol of life ... the question was whether the yachts were haunted ... for example, black pearl ships ...In the story of the pirates of the Carribean .... in the real world there is no such ghost ship ...

[@John-mz8rj]

Put it under glass.

[@Jordanflicks]

What is the scale? Looks close to 1:12.

[@CapnMadelyn]

i want it

[@Slayer-88]

Same

[@CapnMadelyn]

@@Slayer-88 im making my own flying dutchman and possibly another ship idk what it will be called

[@Slayer-88]

@@CapnMadelyn noice

[@jangelbrich7056]

I would pay to do such a job =)

[@welshpete12]

Me too , I make them , but never will I make one as beautiful as this nor as big !

[@user-jy7qt3hs3j]

Футляр сделайте зачем так мучится пыль с корабля. сметать.

[@Amtcboy]

Should also have worn hair nets.

[@johnedwards2608]

I've put all my models in cases they stay immaculate none of this dusting and cleaning it's stupid

[@badder27com]

Been there 😁