Open air museums in Drenthe

Veenpark has an arcreage of 160 hectares, which makes it the largest museum in the Netherlands. This open-air museum is dedicated to the digging of the brown gold, peat. The peat history of Drenthe comes to life in this museum. The visitor travels through nostalgic villages and a bog area with peat

Openluchtmuseum Ellert en Brammert is dedicated to the history of Southeast Drenthe. The museum illustrates how the people worked and lived in the area by showing different types of housing. The collection of the museum includes a turf hut, a tollbooth, a school, a Saxon farmhouse and a prison.

Drents Museum De Buitenplaats in Eelde is the museum for Art Nouveau in the Netherlands, based on the Drents Museum’s collection of art from around 1900 in Assen. Twice a year, visitors can enjoy a new exhibition in Eelde, with national and international programmes alternating. But there is more! An