All free museums and attractions to visit in North Holland

North Holland (the Netherlands) has a lot to offer for you culturally, even if you're on a budget, including free museums, free activities and free attractions. 26 museums and attractions in North Holland can be visited without charge.

Are you looking for free things to do in North Holland? These are the best places to visit:

  1. Corrie ten Boom House - The Hiding Place1

    Corrie ten Boom House - The Hiding Place

     Haarlem
    Corrie 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
  2. Cheese Museum2

    Cheese Museum

     Amsterdam
    In the Amsterdam Cheese Museum visitors can relive the history of cheese making and experience the unique flavor of Dutch cheese.
  3. Hollandsche Schouwburg3

    Hollandsche Schouwburg

     Amsterdam
    The 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
  4. Max Euwe Centrum4

    Max Euwe Centrum

     Amsterdam
    The 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
  5. Archeologisch Museum Haarlem5

    Archeologisch Museum Haarlem

     Haarlem
    The 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,
  6. Grote Kerk Alkmaar6

    Grote Kerk Alkmaar

     Alkmaar
    The 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
  7. Museumwinkel Albert Heijn7

    Museumwinkel Albert Heijn

     Zaandam
    Museumwinkel 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
  8. Zijper Museum8

    Zijper Museum

     Schagerbrug
    The 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
  9. Museum In 't Houten Huis9

    Museum In 't Houten Huis

     De Rijp
    Museum 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
  10. Frankendael House10

    Frankendael House

     Amsterdam
    Huize 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
  11. Jutters MuZEEum11

    Jutters MuZEEum

     Zandvoort
  12. Oudheidkamer Kaaphoornvaarders12

    Oudheidkamer Kaaphoornvaarders

     Hoorn
    Oudheidkamer 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.
  13. Museum Jan Boon13

    Museum Jan Boon

     De Rijp
  14. Museumboerderij Tante Jaantje14

    Museumboerderij Tante Jaantje

     Callantsoog
  15. Arcam Architectuurcentrum Amsterdam15

    Arcam Architectuurcentrum Amsterdam

     Amsterdam
    ARCAM 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.
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    OSCAM - Open Space Contemporary Art Museum

     Amsterdam
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    Imagine I.C.

     Amsterdam
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    The Black Archives

     Amsterdam
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    Automuseum Schagen

     Schagen
    Automuseum 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.
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    DDR Museum

     Monnickendam
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    Draaiorgelmuseum Haarlem

     Haarlem
    The 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.
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    Enkhuizer Almanak Museum

     Enkhuizen
    The 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.
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    Saan Museum

     Diemen
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    Theepottenmuseum The TeaRat

     Amsterdam
    In a Victorian living room, host Martin Oudbier tells the story of the teapots that are exhibited in the museum.
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    Computer Museum

     Amsterdam
    The 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.
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    Museum Le Poilu

     Alkmaar
    Museum 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