35 Museums to Explore in Friesland

Bunker Museum Terschelling is a museum about the Second World War on the Dutch island of Terschelling . The museum is part of the Terschelling Bunker Preservation Foundation. The complex of seven acres consists out of approximately a hundred bunkers, of which four of them function as a museum at this moment. In these bunkers it is shown how they were used during the Second World War. Of the eighty-five bunkers still present, four have been designated as museum bunkers.

Bunkermuseum Schlei is a museum on the island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch province of Friesland . The museum on the north side of the village has information and objects about the war history. This foundation aims to collect, preserve and exhibit goods and knowledge about the Second World War. The bunker museum was opened on June 11, 2009. There are guided tours and lectures for those interested. The Seeburg bunker was a communications center.

Bunkermuseum Schlei is a museum on the island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch province of Friesland . The museum on the north side of the village has information and objects about the war history. The bunker museum was opened on June 11, 2009. There are guided tours and lectures for those interested. The Seeburg bunker was a communications center.

The Princessehof Ceramics Museum, located in the Leeuwarden, showcases a beautiful collection of ceramic, tiles, pottery and ceramic sculpture housed in a luxurious 18th century palace. The museum has a café and often hosts visiting art exhibitions. The museum also permanently exhibits the former studio of the Dutch ceramist Jan van der Vaart.

In this majestic Cultural History Museum Sorgdrager, the culture, history and customs of Ameland come together in a very special way. Visit the museum and discover the history of whaling, browse the open depot, and enjoy Ameland's special furniture art. There is something special to discover in every room of the museum.

De Spitkeet is an open air museum and theme park in Harkema in the Dutch province of Friesland . It shows how people used to live in the region around Harkema, the Friese Wouden .

Dekema State is a state and museum in Jelsum in the Dutch province of Friesland. The state is designed "as if the residents have gone away for a while" and that in the time of just before the Second World War . The museum shows everything that these imaginary inhabitants could have placed and placed in the rooms. For the interior, use has been made of paintings and furniture that have traditionally belonged to Dekema State and objects from elsewhere.

The Eerste Frisian Skating Museum is a cultural -historical museum in the town of Hindeloopen in the Dutch province of Friesland. It has a n iconic collection of ice skating, Roller skating and the sport of rollerblading ,sledding , Workshop with paint shop , blacksmith shop and ice skate shop.

The Fries Landbouwmuseum is a museum on the south side of the city of Leeuwarden with the theme of agriculture. The farmhouse was built in a transitional style in 1908 by order of the Sint Anthonygasthuis to a design by Willem Cornelis de Groot. The bell of Saint Anthony is depicted on a stone in the facade of the house . The building is a national monument. The collection consists of 6000 objects, many of which are agricultural implements.

The Fries Museum is dedicated to Friesland and the Frisian people. Its activities revolve around the eleven cities that make up the province and the surrounding countryside. The collection of the Fries Museum consists of 1 million objects and is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history from the years 1200 to 2000. Around 8000 objects are currently on display in the museum. The most iconic objects in the museum are the Hindelooper Room, the Popta Treasure and the legendary sword of Grote Pier.

The Frisian Maritime Museum in the city of Sneek shows the history of the Frisian shipping and trade from the 17th to the 20th century. It also gives a picture of the culture in this part of The Netherlands. it contains a library, film viewing room, and focuses on local seafaring life. It is housed in canal buildings dated to 1844 and offers collections of old sailing ships models, naval paintings, and silver pieces.

The Hannemahuis is the municipal museum , located in a patrician house in the center of the Frisian city of Harlingen. Objects are collected and exhibited that are closely related to the history and art history of Harlingen , such as Harlinger tile and pottery, maritime objects, ancient paintings, photographs , silverware , various old documents and furniture . There is also a Simon Vestdijk room.

The Historical Center Leeuwarden is the information and activity center for the history of Leeuwarden and the surrounding area.Thousands of meters of historical documents, from the Middle Ages to the present, are kept here and made accessible. Anyone who wants to know something about the history of Leeuwarden or the former inhabitants can contact the HCL.

Jopie Huisman Museum is a majestic museum, dedicated to the work and life of the Frisian master painter Jopie Huisman. Love for nature, compassion, but also giving the inconsiderable value. It is the human dimension that forms the common thread in his oeuvre, which is as versatile as it is fascinating.

The Keatsmuseum is a museum dedicated to bouncing . It is based in the town of Franeker in the Dutch province of Friesland. The museum has been housed on the top floor of the Camminga House since 1995.

The Swartwoude Agricultural and Beachcombing Museum , also known as Museum Swartwoude , is a cultural-historical museum dedicated to the existence of the Ameland farming population around the end of the 19th century and early 20th century. The agricultural collection is housed in an original farmhouse from 1899 and includes agricultural implements as well as household objects from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Maritime Center Abraham Fock is a museum in Hollum on the Wadden Island of Ameland . In the museum you can find a collection about navigation , radio communication and rescue operations. There is also a replica of a ship 's bridge and it is the base of the horse rescue boat . About fourteen times a year a demonstration is given from the center in which ten horses pull the lifeboat towards the beach southwest of Hollum. Artist Barbera Hofker-Esser made a tile tableauof the horse rescue boat.

Museum 't Behoudt Huys is just like Terschelling: unique, quirky and surprisingly versatile! Step into the island's farm life or experience in Willem Barentsz' hut how this explorer lived on wintery Nova Zembla. The museum consists of several 17th-century buildings which were once the houses of wealthy whaling commanders.The buildings were constructed in 1688. The museum was established in 1938, and acquired these buildings in 1950. During World War II the collection had to be hidden.

Museum 't Fiskershúske is a small open -air museum in Moddergat in the Dutch province of Friesland . It shows how people in the Moddergat area used to live mainly from fishing. The museum consists of several fishermen's houses and outbuildings that have been preserved in situ and some have been restored to an earlier state. Some buildings are decorated, others are used for thematic exhibitions.

The Museum Belvédère is a museum for modern and contemporary art in Heerenveen , province of Friesland. The collection mainly consists of works by Frisian artists and kindred spirits that are rarely shown in other public collections. These are artists such as Jan Mankes , Thijs Rinsema , Tames Oud , Gerrit Benner , Boele Bregman , Willem van Althuis and Sjoerd de Vries . The styles realism , impressionism , expressionism , constructivism and new figuration are represented in the museum.