Menagerie van Aken in Netherlands

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Menagerie van Aken
Menagerie Hermann van Aken. Lithographie, 1833.
Type	circus
Founded	1791
Closed down	1839
Country	Netherlands
Website	Website
Related persons
Owner	Anthony van Aken Sr Willem, Herman, Anthony Jr. and Cornelis van Aken (His sons)

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Record history
History of updates	2020-10-07

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
Menagerie Wilhelm van Aken, 1827

Description

Menagerie van Aken, Netherlands , was founded in 1791. Menagerie van Aken closed down in 1839.

Comments / picturesAnthony van Aken Sr., poulterer in Rotterdam, founded a menagerie in 1804. His sons Willem, Herman, Anthony Jr. and Cornelis shared his interests. His daughter Cornelia married Henry Martin (q.v.), who bought the menageries of Herman and Anthony Jr.

References for records about Menagerie van Aken

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Menagerie van Aken, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1628. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menagerie_van_Aken
http://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/ihd/content/structure/8961347
Hendrik Engel's Alphabetical List of Dutch Zoological Cabinets and Menageries, available online at https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/pub/1939-hendrik-engel.pdf

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