Nature & natural history museums in Overijssel

Twickel is a castle that is mentioned for the first time in 1347. The oldest parts of the current castle date from the 16th century. It is situated on an estate of four thousand hectares that consists of fields and meadows, forests with old oaks, meres, lakes, heathes and ‘houtwallen’. On the proper

Museum De Oude Aarde is a museum of minerals and fossils. In this museum, the visitor finds himself in the world of gemstones and fossils from the depths of the earth. For children there is a scavenger hunt through the museum and outside they can go look for crystals in the pond.

Visit Museum Giethoorn 't Olde Maat Uus, which is located in an original historical farmhouse. It is the only place in Giethoorn where you can see how people lived more than 100 years ago and how they earned a meagre living by cutting peat and building small boats (‘punters’). There is also a museum

Natura Docet is the first natural history museum in the Netherlands that was open to the public. The museum takes the visitor on a search for the origins of the Twente landscape. The museum collection consists of various objects such as animals, fossils and minerals. The museum garden is designed as

Schoonewelle Museum voor Natuur en Ambacht exhibits a large natural history collection. The core of the museum’s collection is a collection of mammals and birds. The museum shows the diversity of nature in western Overijssel. In addition, the collection includes ancient objects, maps and photos that

Natuurdiorama Holterberg is an open air museum that exhibits a large collection of European animal species. The museum displays more than a thousand animals, including the only surviving monkey species in the Netherlands and the largest Dutch songbird. The animals are on display in eleven large dior

Taman Indonesia is an animal park that features all kinds of animals from Indonesia. The park is home to the Binturong, Bali starling, Loewaks and Malayan Wood Owls, among others. Also on display are Muntjaks, a small species of deer. There is also a focus on culture at the zoo that includes the way

Bird Park The Lorkeershoeve is home to one hundred and twenty different species of birds from all continents. Among them are parakeets, parrots, cockatoos, birds of prey, fruit and insect eaters, quacks, ibises, kookaburras, violet toucans, pheasants, pigeons and water birds. For children, there is

A museum of nature and technology, of art and science, of birds, of flowers, fossils, machines and of old and new things. For people who wonder, about stars, planets, about the blue sky and the clouds in it. For people who want to know where we come from and where we are going. For people who unders