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Friesland · Nature

Museum ’t Fûgelhûs: birds up close, visits on request

In Piaam there is a private natural history collection with more than two hundred bird species from the area, supplemented by fish, mammals and information about the land outside the dyke.

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Comparing birds

The mounted birds are shown in panoramas, making species comparable side by side. Choose, for example, the shape of the beak, leg or wing as a feature and cautiously link the difference to food or habitat, using the museum text as your guide.

More than feathers

Fish and mammals broaden the picture of nature. By looking at animals from water, land and air together, you can see that the surroundings of Piaam consist of several connected habitats.

Waarden and geese

The research card mentions explanations of the waarden, the land outside the dyke after the Afsluitdijk, and of overwintering geese. Use this as preparation for looking outside; the museum visit is no substitute for a current nature excursion.

Before you go

There is no walk-in access: visits are possible on request only. The website also contains older calendar information and sources give two house numbers, so confirm the location.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. Research card 0191 — Museum ’t Fûgelhûs

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified reference from a supplied research card; content, authority and currency still to be checked independently.

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