In 1867 the model was in the Dutch section of the International Exposition in Paris. The famous writer Vice Admiral Edmond Pâris thought the Dutch section the most interesting of those of the maritime nations after that of the United Kingdom and France. The model of HNLMS Adolf van Nassau (1861) drew his attention, and so did the model of the clipper "Nestor" launched by Smit Kinderdijk in 1866. The model of "Onrust Dock of 3,000 tons" was the largest piece of the Dutch section, but was only briefly mentioned by him. Others thought the Dutch part of the exhibition was not interesting except for the part about drydocks. The model became part of the model collection of the navy, that is now part of the Rijksmuseum. It had been in storage there since 1925, when in the 1990s it was decided that it should be part of the permanent exposition, and was restored to its former splendor.