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Museumboerderij Ald Barrahûs: working dairy farm with a historical guided tour

Ald Barrahûs is not a museum farm frozen in time. On this working dairy farm, a guided tour leads through the barn and the living quarters, so that present-day work and historical furnishings sit side by side.

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The barn in use

The research card mentions around ninety dairy cows and young stock in the barn. During a guided route, note which spaces actually serve the farm, and always follow instructions around animals and machinery.

Head, neck and body

The farmhouse is described as a head-neck-body type (kop-hals-romp). See how the house, the connecting section and the barn join up and which daily route this allows for family, livestock and feed.

Living next to working

The guided tour also goes through the living quarters. Compare the historical furnishings there with visible signs of a working farm; not every part is automatically an untouched time capsule.

Before you go

Visits are by appointment only. Sources differ on the postcode and place name; have the visiting address confirmed when you make the appointment.

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 0217 — Museumboerderij Ald Barrahûs

    Supplied source reference; an independent source check is still needed. Unverified reference from a supplied research card; the address variant and currency still need independent checking.

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