Are you looking for free things to do in North Holland? These are the best places to visit:
1Corrie ten Boom House - The Hiding Place
HaarlemCorrie ten Boom House - The Hiding Place is a museum dedicated to the resistance fighter Corrie ten Boom. The museum is housed in her former home. Part of the house is decorated as it was decorated in the past. Among other things, visitors can see the shelter, a small space behind a false wall in th 2Cheese Museum
AmsterdamIn the Amsterdam Cheese Museum visitors can relive the history of cheese making and experience the unique flavor of Dutch cheese. 3Hollandsche Schouwburg
AmsterdamThe Hollandsche Schouwburg is a war memorial for the Dutch Jews that were murdered in the Second World War. The permanent exhibition on the Holocaust in '40-'45 focusses on the deportation of the Jews. Videos, photos, models and various objects illustrate the discrimination, deportation and extermin 4Max Euwe Centrum
AmsterdamThe Max Euwe Centrum illustrates the chess career of Max Euwe (1901-1981). The chess player was world champion in the period 1935-1937. The museum displays photos, objects and documents that illustrate the life and work of Max Euwe. In addition, the museum also covers the history of chess in general 5Archeologisch Museum Haarlem
HaarlemThe Archeologisch Museum Haarlem is located in the basement of the Vleeshal. The museum is dedicated to the cultural heritage of Kennermerland. It illustrates how in four thousand years Haarlem has become what it is today. In showcases archaeological finds are displayed, including earthenware pots, 6Grote Kerk Alkmaar
AlkmaarThe Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk is a church in Brabant Gothic style. The history of a church on this spot dates back to the 10th century. The present church dates from 1518. The exterior includes the ‘vieringtorentje’, the outer walls of white Gobertange stone and the windows in the gables of the tran 7Museumwinkel Albert Heijn
ZaandamMuseumwinkel Albert Heijn is an old grocery store. The museum exhibits the original furnishings and inventory. It illustrates grocery shopping in more than a century ago. Among other things, the museum exhibits jars with white and black candy, licorice, ‘suikerbrood’, rennet used for cheese and pepp 8Zijper Museum
SchagerbrugThe Zijper Museum is the very starting point where the history of polder the Zijpe comes alive. Visitors learn many remarkable facts about one of Hollands oldest polders in a modern, interactive manner. In the permanent exposition history is presented through objects, maps, movies and animations. Pa 9Museum In 't Houten Huis
De RijpMuseum In 't Houten Huis is housed in a wooden structured house from the 18th century. The museum illustrates the rich history of the Schermereiland and its seafaring residents. It exhibits a diverse collection on the history of De Rijp and Schermereiland. Topics that are covered in the museum inclu 10Frankendael House
AmsterdamHuize Frankendael is the only remaining ‘buitenplaats’ in Watergraafsmeer. Huize Frankendael combines space, peace, culture, nature and gastronomy. It includes an English styled garden, an authentic carriage house and art exhibitions in ‘landhuis’ Frankendael. On Sunday, tours are organised to learn 11Jutters MuZEEum
Zandvoort 12Oudheidkamer Kaaphoornvaarders
HoornOudheidkamer Kaaphoornvaarders seeks to keep alive the memory of the search for the third route to India. Among other things, the museum displays antique nautical instruments and models of the historic sailing ships Netherlands, Europa, Pamir and Potosi. 13Museum Jan Boon
De Rijp 14Museumboerderij Tante Jaantje
Callantsoog 15Arcam Architectuurcentrum Amsterdam
AmsterdamARCAM is an information centre for architecture. It features a collection that includes leaflets, websites, architecture routes and maps. On the ground floor is an exhibition space where an exhibition is organized five times a year.- 16
OSCAM - Open Space Contemporary Art Museum
Amsterdam - 17
Imagine I.C.
Amsterdam - 18
The Black Archives
Amsterdam - 19
Automuseum Schagen
SchagenAutomuseum Schagen displays about fifty vintage cars of various makes, including Dutch DAFs, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Citroën, Renault and Peugeot. In addition, the museum displays a collection of motorcycles and mopeds and old farm tools. - 20
DDR Museum
Monnickendam - 21
Draaiorgelmuseum Haarlem
HaarlemThe Haarlem Museum of Fairground Organs has a collection of fairground organs. The showpiece of the museum's collection is the Kunkels Organ. This concert organ is 9 meters wide and 5.5 meters high. The Netherlands' oldest street organ, The Jupiter, is also in this museum. - 22
Enkhuizer Almanak Museum
EnkhuizenThe Enkhuizer Almanac Museum displays the centuries-old headings of the famous almanac. The museum pays attention to such headings as timekeeping, the position of celestial bodies, the water tides, the departure times of diligences to Haarlem or Leiden and the ringing of the gate bells of Amsterdam. - 23
Saan Museum
Diemen - 24
Theepottenmuseum The TeaRat
AmsterdamIn a Victorian living room, host Martin Oudbier tells the story of the teapots that are exhibited in the museum. - 25
Computer Museum
AmsterdamThe Computer Museum exhibits a collection on technical and scientific electronic computing equipment that illustrates the progress in computer technology and its use from World War II to the present day. - 26
Museum Le Poilu
AlkmaarMuseum Le Poilu is the only publicly accessible '14-'18 war museum in the Netherlands. Through dioramas, the museum depicts the life of trench soldiers during the First World War. The dioramas show soldiers and officers on the western front during the war with an emphasis on the front during the Bat