All industrial & heritage museums to visit in South Holland

Explore the impact of industry on society at 13 industrial heritage museums in South Holland. These museums showcase the history of manufacturing, technology, and labor.

Are you curious about the history of industry and innovation? These are the top industrial heritage museums in South Holland:

  1. Windmill museum De Valk1

    Windmill museum De Valk

     Leiden
    Stedelijk Molenmuseum De Valk is housed in De Valk, a mill from 1743. The museum features the only preserved mill house in the Netherlands, from 1900. In the sleeping loft and the storage loft, the history and technology of mills and wheat grinding is illustrated. In the attic the visitor can see th
  2. Jenevermuseum2

    Jenevermuseum

     Schiedam
    The Jenever Museum is housed in a former wine and malt distillery. The museum covers everything about Jenever. The collection includes packaging, glassware and advertising. It illustrates the story of the history and background of Jenever. There is also a tasting room in the museum and a historic di
  3. NationaalBrandweermuseum Hellevoetsluis3

    NationaalBrandweermuseum Hellevoetsluis

     Hellevoetsluis
    The Nationaal Brandweermuseum is housed in two former marine buildings from 1786. The museum exhibits a collection of firefighting equipment that was used in the Netherlands. The collection includes primitive tools from the 16th century to modern tools of the present. It includes old fire engines, s
  4. Nationaal Coöperatie Museum4

    Nationaal Coöperatie Museum

     Schiedam
    The National Cooperative Museum is dedicated to the history of the consumer cooperatives that were especially active between the two world wars. More than ten percent of the Dutch population was affiliated with a convenience store at the time. The collection includes books, brochures, minutes, perio
  5. Museummolen De Nieuwe Palmboom5

    Museummolen De Nieuwe Palmboom

     Schiedam
    Museummolen De Nieuwe Palmboom is housed in ‘De Palmboom’, a windmill in Schiedam which was built in 1781 to grind raw materials for the production of jenever. The museum illustrates the history of mills of Schiedam and the production of grain into jenever. The museum also displays a model of the ci
  6. Smederijmuseum Nieuwkoop6

    Smederijmuseum Nieuwkoop

     Nieuwkoop
    The Forge Museum Nieuwkoop is located in picturesque, watery Nieuwkoop. A unique example of cultural and industrial heritage, this museum is dedicated to the history of the many smithies, which stood at Zuideinde in Nieuwkoop. Visitors here learn about the origins of the forges and the lives of the
  7. Museum R.T.M. Ouddorp7

    Museum R.T.M. Ouddorp

     Ouddorp
    Museum R.T.M. Ouddorp is a tram museum that runs a tram service with trams from the former ‘Rotterdamse Tramweg Maatschappij’. From 1898 until the 60s of the last century, steam trams of this company ran between Rotterdam and the South Holland islands. The museum exhibits the trams that ran on these
  8. Streekmuseum Reeuwijk8

    Streekmuseum Reeuwijk

     Reeuwijk
    The museum shows how life was early 1900, in the new build "barn" additional themes are shown, ao, winter and ice scating, cheese in the area. Meeting rooms available.
  9. Museummolen De Walvisch9

    Museummolen De Walvisch

     Schiedam
    In Museummolen De Walvisch (Museum Mill De Walvisch) you will get acquainted with the giant malt or burner mills of Schiedam that exclusively milled for the gin industry. They are the highest mills in the world.
  10. Dutch Pinball Museum10

    Dutch Pinball Museum

     Rotterdam
    A museum with more than 100 playable pinball machines, a rich history with history room and antiquities. An interactive museum for young and old.
  11. 11

    Ramtorenschip Buffel

     Hellevoetsluis
    Museum ship the Buffalo is a piece of sailing maritime cultural heritage. Built in 1868, this ship first served as a ramship for the Dutch Navy, then after 28 years was rebuilt and used as a lodging and training ship in Hellevoetsluis. On board, an exhibition shows the ship's more than 150-year hist
  12. 12

    Atlantikwall Museum Kijkduin

     Kijkduin
    In Kijkduin, the foundation has made part of the Widerstandsnest 67 HL complex accessible. Approximately 130 meters of tunnel and 6 bunkers will eventually be on view. Part of the corridor system can be visited.
  13. Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden13

    Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden

     Valkenburg (ZH)
    As you enter the station, it seems as if you have stepped back in time. At the platform a nearly 100 years old steam locomotive and its wooden carriages are waiting for you. The conductor blows his whistle, the fireman feeds his fire, and as the engine driver pulls the regulator, the train puts itse