Museums and galeries in Friesland

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Friesland breathes culture. It is not for nothing that we will be the European Capital of Culture in 2018. With our own language, many museums and special traditions such as the Eleven Cities Tour, we can say that Friesland is a top of mind destination if you like art and culture.

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Jopie Huisman Museum
Jopie Huisman Museum

The Jopie Huisman Museum is dedicated to the life and work of the Frisian self-taught master painter Jopie Huisman. His love of nature and his compassion are a recurrent theme.

Workum
Fierljeppolder en -museum
Fierljeppolder en -museum

Fierljeppen is leuk, gaaf en er is veel over te vertellen. Wil je het zelf eens proberen? De Fierljeppolder heeft alles!

Noardburgum
Museum Dr8888
Museum Dr8888

Welkom bij Museum Dr8888: een inspirerend, educatief en verbindend museum met onderscheidende regionale en (inter)nationale tentoonstellingen. Samen met museumwoning het Van Doesburg-Rinsemahuis een bezoek waard!

Drachten
Mummy Crypt in Wiuwert
Mummy Crypt in Wiuwert

In 1765, carpenters working in St Nicholas Church in Wiuwert had the fright of their lives when they unexpectedly came across seven perfectly preserved bodies in the crypt. The carpenters fled from the church in panic.

Wiuwert
Keatsmuseum
Keatsmuseum

Het Keatsmuseum is het oudste sportmuseum van Nederland. Het museum geeft in haar vaste opstelling een beeld van de historische ontwikkeling van de kaatssport. In wisselende tentoonstellingen vindt je er alles over de kaatssport.

Franeker
Museum Warkums Erfskip

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Museum Warkums Erfskip

Enjoy Workum from the weigh house!

Workum
Museum de Grutterswinkel
Museum de Grutterswinkel

Museum de Grutterswinkel showcases life around a real old-fashioned grocery shop and everything it entails. In those ‘good old days’ without grocery shops, you had small, cosy ones where the cash register was still really making a ringing sound...

Leeuwarden
Museum Warkums Erfskip
Museum Warkums Erfskip

Museum Warkums Erfskip is housed in the old Waag building in the center and tells more about the history of Workum and its surroundings. It is the starting point to discover and admire the highlights of the beautiful city of Workum.

Workum
Grain Carrier’s Cottage (Korendragershuisje)
Grain Carrier’s Cottage (Korendragershuisje)

This listed building in Franeker is a traditional grain or sack carrier’s cottage.

Franeker
Museum Sloten

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Museum Sloten

In the middle of Sloten – a truly enchanting museum: experience the rich history of the city and the magical world of magic lanterns.

Sloten FR
Eise Eisinga Planetarium
Eise Eisinga Planetarium

The oldest working planetarium in the world.

Franeker
Willem Barentsz Expedition Ship
Willem Barentsz Expedition Ship

At Willemskade in Harlingen something special happens. A replica of Willem Barentsz's expedition ship is being built here. The construction method from the time of Barentsz will be used. Visit the fun visitor center and climb aboard!

Harlingen
Museum It Kokelhûs fan Jan en Sjut
Museum It Kokelhûs fan Jan en Sjut

Museum It Kokelhûs fan Jan en Sjut is gevestigd in een woning uit 1777, indertijd gebouwd door een veenbaas. De woonkamer is nog geheel ingericht in de stijl van begin vorige eeuw, kompleet met betegelde wanden en 2 bedsteden. Er liggen matten, gevlo...

Earnewâld
Bonifatius Brewery
Bonifatius Brewery

The history of Dokkumer beer begins in the early Middle Ages. After the death in 754 of Boniface, the monks of the newly founded Boniface Abbey brewed the Dokkumer beer on the Markt.

Dokkum
Dekema State
Dekema State

Dekema State was originally a noble residence, where several families lived until 1996. The noble residence and the gardens are now open to the public.

Jelsum
Schoolplatenmuseum Deinum
Schoolplatenmuseum Deinum

Schoolplatenmuseum Deinum: Leve de kunst van het vertellen! In het Schoolplatenmuseum Deinum ga je terug naar de tijd naar de bijzondere wereld van de schoolplaat. Bij ieder sterk of ontroerend verhaal van de schoolmeester of -juf hoorde vroeger een...

Deinum
Galerie De Roos van Tudor
Galerie De Roos van Tudor

Gallery De Roos van Tudor is located in two monumental buildings in the centre of Leeuwarden and focuses on contemporary art by both emerging and established Dutch artists. Participant in the Mondriaan Fund's Art Purchase Scheme,

Leeuwarden
Museum 'Skerven fan 'e Skar'
Museum 'Skerven fan 'e Skar'

Tentoongestelde archeologische vondsten uit de polder 'De Wolvetinte' in It Heidenskip.

It Heidenskip
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics

In the middle of Leeuwarden's historic city centre stands the 18th-century city palace of Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange Nassau, ancestor of King Willem-Alexander. The world-famous M. C. Escher was also born in the same building.

Leeuwarden
Openluchtmuseum It Damshûs
Openluchtmuseum It Damshûs

The open-air museum offers a fascinating retrospective view into the past, somewhere around 1900. The museum also shows its visitors the process in which bog is turned into peat and the horrible conditions the laborers had to deal with. Dwelling hous...

Nij Beets
Fluitenmuseum Bolsward
Fluitenmuseum Bolsward

Ontdek meer dan 2.500 verschillende soorten fluiten in het Fluitenmuseum van Bolsward!

Bolsward
Cultuur Historisch Centrum 'De Tiid'

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Cultuur Historisch Centrum 'De Tiid'

Museum De Tiid, in the former historic town hall in Bolsward, shows the fascinating history of Southwest Fryslân. Take your time for the interactive presentations and feast your eyes in the photogenic council chamber, on the steps and in the city hall tow

Bolsward
Frisian Maritime Museum

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Frisian Maritime Museum

The Frisian Maritime Museum focuses on the history of Frisian shipping.

Sneek
Museum Bescherming bevolking
Museum Bescherming bevolking

Een zeer bijzondere commandopost uit de tijd van de Koude Oorlog, tevens museum.

Grou