Nieuw-Dordrecht is a village in the Netherlands and it is part of the Emmen municipality in Drenthe. The village is home to Museum Collectie Brands, a museum which houses the extensive collection of items collected and gathered by Jans Brands.
History
Nieuw-Dordrecht was established in 1856 to excavate the peat east of the by Drentsche Veen en Middenkanaal Maatschappij, a company based in Dordrecht. In the 1950s, the economy became based on the textile industry. In 2011, Museum Collectie Brands opened in Nieuw-Dordrecht. It contains the collection of Jan Brands who collected over 20,000 object and more than 50,000 books which covered his entire farm. == Gallery ==
Gallery
File:Tussen Nieuw-Dordrecht en Klazienaveen, sloot in veenlandschap foto8 2016-09-25 16.20.jpg|Between Nieuw-Dordrecht and Klazienaveen, the ditch in the peat landscape File:Collectie Brands, Nieuw-Dordrecht (2019) 01.jpg|Museum Collectie Brands File:Nieuw-Dordrecht (gem. Emmen) city limit sign, Nieuw-Dordrecht (2019) 01.jpg|Town limits sign ==References==