Museum port
At the centre of the old naval yard Willemsoord, a museum port has been stocked by the Stichting Nautische Monumenten Den Helder (Nautical Monuments Foundation) with numerous special vessels. The museum port also has mooring facilities, a slipway, a number of workshops, a restoration and exhibition hall and a club canteen known as 't Schipperscafé. Volunteers can always be found working on the restoration of various nautical monuments. By means of tours and boat excursions, anyone interested can observe the activities of the Nautical Monuments Foundation. The collection of ships at Willemsoord Museum Port includes a lightship, a fishing smack, a shrimper and a selection of tugs, lifeboats and traditional tjalks. The Willemsoord complex is also home to the Dutch Navy Museum and the Dorus Rijkers National Lifeboat Museum.
