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1,888 museum stories
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Dordrecht · Zuid-Holland
This private Dordrecht collection revolves around petroliana: objects associated with petrol pumps, brands and the visual culture of the filling station.
Discover this museumAmsterdam · Noord-Holland
The TeaRat is listed in Amsterdam as a private teapot museum. The museum guides give differing information about current access.
Discover this museumAmsterdam · Noord-Holland
Near the RAI, this experience uses upside-down sets, optical illusions and New Dutch themes for a route focused on interaction and photography.
Discover this museumWinterswijk · Gelderland
Theater Astoria in Winterswijk offers the opportunity to view a historic art deco theatre. Architecture and art objects are the focus, separate from an ordinary evening at the theatre.
Discover this museumWervershoof · Noord-Holland
The Theo Koomen Museum is an exhibition in the corn mill De Hoop (Korenmolen De Hoop) in Wervershoof. Photographs, scrapbooks, personal belongings and sound recordings tell the story of the sports journalist.
Discover this museumAmsterdam · Noord-Holland
A small literary museum in the Jordaan connects writer, teacher and politician Theo Thijssen with Kees de jongen and temporary exhibitions.
Discover this museumHeerlen · Limburg
The Thermenmuseum in Heerlen is closed for new construction. The Roman bath house cannot be visited during the works. Its successor has been announced as Het Romeins Museum, with opening expected in 2028.
Discover this museumZwolle · Overijssel
At Bergklooster cemetery, a museum room has been set up around Thomas a Kempis, with a memorial stone, entrance stone and portrait.
Discover this museumStavoren · Friesland
On the Hellingspad, ’t Ponthús brings together the history of Stavoren. The online research card gives few details per display case, so the place above all invites you to ask targeted questions and make comparisons.
Discover this museumEindhoven · Noord-Brabant
The Ton Smits Huis in Eindhoven introduces you to the work and way of seeing of cartoonist and artist Ton Smits. Visits are by appointment, in the atmosphere of his home and studio.
Discover this museumDeurne · Noord-Brabant
Toon Kortooms Park on the Griendtsveenseweg in Deurne combines a writer’s museum with outdoor activities. The museum focuses on Toon Kortooms and his work; the park also offers a barefoot path, among other things.
Discover this museumGoedereede · Zuid-Holland
In the medieval tower of Goedereede, agriculture, fishing and shipping sit alongside a climb that reveals the surrounding landscape.
Discover this museumValkenburg (ZH) · Zuid-Holland
In the centre of Valkenburg ZH, the local history society presents the village’s history in a small tower setting, alongside its archive work.
Discover this museumAmsterdam · Noord-Holland
More than forty instruments of punishment and torture, engravings and multilingual texts deal with European practices from the Middle Ages and the early modern period.
Discover this museumOudewater · Utrecht
In Oudewater, an authentic ropewalk, tools and films show how rope makers stretched, twisted and combined fibres.
Discover this museumHeiloo · Noord-Holland
The Toverlantaarn Museum (Magic Lantern Museum) in Heiloo collects magic lanterns, lantern slides and optical toys. The visit thus focuses on ways of showing images and suggesting movement.
Discover this museumDen Haag · Zuid-Holland
A private museum in Scheveningen presents shows with the laterna magica and optical toys, exclusively for groups and occasions arranged in advance.
Discover this museumRotterdam · Zuid-Holland
The former private collection of antique toys on the Groene Wetering has no current website of its own. Secondary listings contradict each other on visits by appointment and closure.
Discover this museumValthermond · Drenthe
Tractor en Werktuigen Museum Jan Drenthe in Valthermond reports that it is currently not open. The collection as described focuses on agricultural technology, implements from the peat colonies and the Marshall Plan.
Discover this museumVolkel · Noord-Brabant
Traditiekamer Typhoon tells the story of how Volkel Air Base came about and how it has been used. Because the display is on military premises, a visit starts with registering in good time.
Discover this museumRijen · Noord-Brabant
The Traditiekamer (heritage room) at Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen (Gilze-Rijen Air Base) shows the history of the base and of military aviation. Photos, models and aircraft equipment offer different ways to approach that history.
Discover this museumWinterswijk · Gelderland
Transit Oost in Winterswijk brings together public transport heritage from the Achterhoek region. Buses, a T-Ford and the diesel railcar Blauwe Engel are mentioned alongside a large model railway.
Discover this museumLeeuwarden · Friesland
Tresoar is an archive, library, place of study and exhibition venue all at once. So there is no set route to follow; instead you choose between documents, research, literature and changing displays.
Discover this museumZwijndrecht · Zuid-Holland
The TRIS Museum in Zwijndrecht focuses on the Troepenmacht in Suriname (Armed Forces in Suriname). It keeps material relating to Dutch military personnel who served there and gives the subject a museum space of its own.
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