Profession & craft museums in Overijssel

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

Openluchtmuseum Ootmarsum is a museum that illustrates life in the countryside of Twente from a hundred years ago. It consists of seventeen authentic buildings fully furnished with their own story. In addition to the typical Saxon farmhouses, the museum features outbuildings, including a blacksmith,

Museum Bussemakerhuis is a monumental ‘fabrikeurshuis’. It is the only remaining 18th century linen ‘fabrikeurshuis’ in the Netherlands. The museum illustrates the Born linen history in the 18th and 19th century. The museum covers four main topics: linen, ‘fabrikeurs’, the Mennonite Church in the Ne

Do you want to know how the beautiful Grolsch ends up in the unique swing-top bottle? Then visit the Grolsch brewery for an extensive tour. Everything you want to know will be covered; the rich history, the brewing of the characteristic lager and the many specialty beers, the bottling of the unique

Veenmuseum Vriezenveenseveld illustrates working and living in the time of the extraction of peat in North Twente in the period from 1850 to 1950. Visitors can see the whole site in an original peat train, or walk to the decorated peat huts, the old Vriezenveen farmhouse and the little shop. In the

The Weaver's House is an urban farmhouse that dates back to the early 1600s. The small house has half-timbered walls, wall and ceiling paintings. A permanent exhibit features a 300-year-old loom, various textile work forms, spinning wheels and old tools. There are regular demonstrations of old craft

In its exhibition in the 2nd Bouwhuis, the Fire Brigade Museum shows in an interactive way what the world of a firefighter looks like. Upon entering, you are drawn into the world of the firefighter and all the aspects that go with it. There is even a virtual ride with a fire engine to the fire addre

Owner Bas Beckers created and restored stained glass and stained glass windows as a glazier for many years. His collection is on display in the Bas stained glass museum.

Klompenmuseum 't Oale Ambacht is a museum dedicated to clogs and clog making. The museum provides information on clogs and displays various clogs that were worn in the past in the Netherlands and other countries. In addition to clogs, the collection includes shoes and machines that are used to make

The Bonami Spelcomputer Museum is housed in the Weighing House. It is dedicated to the history of the game console. The museum brings back memories of the first consoles. It features over ten thousand different video games, of which a large number can be played.

Clog Museum "Sköpke" displays smuggling clogs, soccer clogs and many other unique clogs from home and abroad, among other things. In the past, Enter was a real "clog village" and once counted more than 300 clog makers. A video presentation shows how wooden shoes were once made by hand from willow or