Sincfala Museum van de Zwinstreek, Museum in Belgium

Sincfala Museum van de Zwinstreek is a museum in Knokke-Heist dedicated to the history of the Zwin region and its connection to the sea. The collection includes photographs, fishing equipment, ship models, old lanterns, and navigation instruments that document the daily life of coastal inhabitants.

The building was erected in 1899 to plans by architect René Buyck (1850-1923) as a neo-Gothic school in a Heist fishing quarter. It later served as the municipal public library, and from 1970 the ground-floor rooms housed a museum. The school was listed as a monument on 30 October 1985 and thoroughly renovated in the late 1980s; the museum reopened on 23 June 2000.

The museum occupies a former school building that once housed workers and fishermen. The exhibits reveal how people in this coastal region lived and worked, particularly through maritime traditions and local knowledge displayed in 170 sayings about the sea and fishing.

The museum occupies the old school building at Pannenstraat 138 in the fishing quarter of Heist, with the garden and the visitor centre as the other two parts of the visit. The ground floor has housed the museum since 1970, and the building was renovated in the late 1980s and again before the 2000 reopening.

In the garden outside the museum, visitors can see the shrimp boat Jessica, an actual fishing vessel that brings the maritime past to life. Upstairs is a special educational attic where children can color, solve puzzles, and enjoy comics while adults explore the other exhibits at their own pace.