Are you interested in experiencing history firsthand? These are the best open air museums in Friesland:
1Openluchtmuseum De Spitkeet
HarkemaOpenluchtmuseum De Spitkeet illustrates on a site of more than four hectares how people lived on the Frisian and Groningen heath in the period from 1850 to 1950. In that period people were very poor and life was difficult. The museum displays various types of properties and conditions of that time. 2Casematemuseum Kornwerderzand
KornwerderzandThe Casematemuseum Kornwerderzand is dedicated to the Battle of the Afsluitdijk during the German attack on the Netherlands in 1940. It features seven casemates decorated in the style of 1940, a German bunker and several other buildings. The museum illustrates the daily lives of the soldiers during 3Openluchtmuseum It Damshûs
Nij BeetsThe Openluchtmuseum It Damshûs illustrates how the peat workers worked and lived and how ‘laagveenturf’ was made in the period 1863 to 1920. The living and working conditions were the cause of social struggle. The museum also illustrates the change in the landscape as a result of peat extraction. On 4Botanical Garden De Kruidhof
BuitenpostBotanische Tuin De Kruidhof is the largest botanical garden of the Netherlands. It features seventeen themed gardens each with their own plant collections. Themed gardens that can be visited include: medicinal herbs, cloister garden, butterfly garden, rose garden, woodland garden, fruit garden, fern