Ton Koot

Ton Koot (1907–1986) was secretary of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. He was vice-president of the Amsterdam Tourist Office and a prolific author. The Ton Kootpenning has been awarded since 1972 for services to the preservation of heritage and commitment to monument protection.^[1]

Selected publications

Before 1940 the subject of his publications was Scouting and camping, later the history and attractions of Amsterdam.^[2]

Dutch

Jamboree logboek 1937 : officieel gedenkboek, 1937
En nu Amsterdam in! Zwerftochten in en rondom Amsterdam. 1941.
Het Muiderslot, door Ton Koot, slotvoogd, Wereldbibliotheek, 1954.
Dat was te Muden : Te Muden hadde de Grave staende een huys: Geschiedenis van het Muiderslot. Meijer Pers, Wormerveer, 1967.
Amsterdam Übertragung aus dem Niederl. Knorr & Hirth, Munich & Hanover, 1968.
Langs de Amsterdamse grachten. c. 1973.
Amsterdam in Wintertooi. Baarn, Wereldvenster, 1975. ISBN 9029307447
De glorie van Amsterdam. Elsevier, 1976. ISBN 9010013359

English

Rembrandt's Night Watch: Its history and adventures. J.M. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam; Cassell & Co., London; 1949
Spell of the Netherlands. Boom-Ruygrok, Haarlem, 1952.
Amsterdam as it is. Lankamp and Brinkman, 1955.

References

^ Ton Kootpenning voor Prof. Dr. Vincent van Rossem. De Erfgoedstem, 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ 10112: Collectie Ton Koot. Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief. Retrieved 7 August 2017.