All history museums and attractions to visit in Drenthe

Drenthe (the Netherlands) is a good place to visit if you are interested in history. Below we list all 33 history museums in Drenthe, to lose yourself in the place's cultural heritage and local history.

Are you a real history buff and are you looking for the best history museums to visit in Drenthe? These are the ones:

  1. Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork1

    Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork

     Hooghalen
    The Memorial centre Westerbork transit camp is dedicated to the history of 'Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Westerbork'. The museum commemorates the lives of a hundred thousand Dutch Jews. There are several objects on display and the original walls of the barracks and various films are shown. Old road
  2. Drents Museum2

    Drents Museum

     Assen
    The Drents Museum is housed in an old building from 1885. The museum originally opened in 1854 and is one of the oldest museums in the Netherlands. A large collection on the prehistory of Drenthe is on display. In addition, the museum displays bog bodies such as the ‘Yde girl’ and owns a collection
  3. Het Gevangenismuseum3

    Het Gevangenismuseum

     Veenhuizen
    The Gevangenismuseum is housed in a former ‘Dwanggesticht’ from the 19th century. In an interactive way, the visitor learns about how criminals were treated in the Netherlands from 1600 to the present. In addition, the museum covers the history of Veenhuizen as a prison town. Important in the museum
  4. Hunebedcentrum4

    Hunebedcentrum

     Borger
    The Hunebedcentrum is dedicated to dolmens and Funnel beakers, the builders of the dolmens. The tombs were built some five thousand years ago. 52 of the 54 dolmens in the Netherlands are found in the province of Drenthe. The museum shows how Funnel beakers lived five centuries ago. Visitors can also
  5. Veenpark5

    Veenpark

     Barger-Compascuum
    Veenpark has an arcreage of 160 hectares, which makes it the largest museum in the Netherlands. This open-air museum is dedicated to the digging of the brown gold, peat. The peat history of Drenthe comes to life in this museum. The visitor travels through nostalgic villages and a bog area with peat
  6. Museum De Proefkolonie6

    Museum De Proefkolonie

     Frederiksoord
    Go 200 years back in time and experience the story of Johannes van den Bosch and the first settlers who found a new future in the Free Colonies of Weldadigheid. At this unique historical site, you will follow in the footsteps of the first paupers and experience their unforgettable story through a un
  7. Synagoge-Museum Coevorden7

    Synagoge-Museum Coevorden

     Coevorden
  8. Openluchtmuseum Ellert en Brammert8

    Openluchtmuseum Ellert en Brammert

     Schoonoord
    Openluchtmuseum Ellert en Brammert is dedicated to the history of Southeast Drenthe. The museum illustrates how the people worked and lived in the area by showing different types of housing. The collection of the museum includes a turf hut, a tollbooth, a school, a Saxon farmhouse and a prison.
  9. Tractor & Werktuigen Museum Jan Drenthe9

    Tractor & Werktuigen Museum Jan Drenthe

     Valthermond
    Old agricultural machinery of the brand and dealership McCormick-Deering / International Harvester / Farmall (IHC), including tractors, plows, mowers. Attention to the Marshall Plan and its role in the post-war development of agricultural mechanization in the region. Also peat-colonial agricultural
  10. Museumboerderij De Karstenhoeve10

    Museumboerderij De Karstenhoeve

     Ruinerwold
    Museum farm De Karstenhoeve dates from the first half of the 17th century and is still largely in its original state. In the farm you can taste the atmosphere of the daily life of the residents from the 19th century. Among other things, there is an upstairs room with a States Bible, a cabinet in the
  11. Museum Havezate Mensinge11

    Museum Havezate Mensinge

     Roden
    Museum Havezate Mensinge dates back to 1381 and is one of the few authentically furnished havezates in Drenthe. A havezate is the home of the owner of an estate. In the museum, all rooms are accessible and give an impression of former life and living in a Drenthe manor.
  12. City Museum Coevorden12

    City Museum Coevorden

     Coevorden
    The Stedelijk Museum Coevorden is housed in the Arsenal of Coevorden. The museum illustrates the story of the fortified town of Coevorden from the time in which the first viscount lived to the present. Coevorden was captured destroyed and rebuilt several times in its history. The museum features a c
  13. Cultuurhistorisch streek- en handkarrenmuseum De Wemme13

    Cultuurhistorisch streek- en handkarrenmuseum De Wemme

     Zuidwolde
    Cultuurhistorisch streek- en handkarren museum De Wemme organizes a new exhibition each year that is related to the social cultural development of the Netherlands. The museum annually organises new exhibitions on sculptures in the orchard. The exhibition area houses a restoration workshop and a forg
  14. Molenmuseum De Wachter14

    Molenmuseum De Wachter

     Zuidlaren
    Molenmuseum De Wachter is a windmill from 1851 that served as an oil mill. Today the mill still produces linseed oil from flaxseed. The mill is also used as a mill for spices and grain is milled for the bakery that is housed in the mill. In addition, there is a steam locomotive and a steam tractor.
  15. Museummolen Jan Pol15

    Museummolen Jan Pol

     Dalen
    Museummolen Jan Pol is a mill from 1820. The mill houses exhibitions on the history of the mill Jan Pol and the villages Dalen, Dalerpeel, Wachtum and Stieltjeskanaal. At the ‘meelzolder’ prehistoric grinding stones and old types of grains and weighing flour are on display. There are also finds from
  16. Drukkerijmuseum Meppel16

    Drukkerijmuseum Meppel

     Meppel
    Drukkerijmuseum Meppel tells a dynamic story of communication. The museum displays various objects, materials and facts. The story begins in a prehistoric cave where the first signs of prehistoric men are covered which consisted of scratches in stone, paintings in caves and visual language. The muse
  17. Industrieel Smalspoor Museum17

    Industrieel Smalspoor Museum

     Erica
    The Industrieel Smalspoor Museum is located on a site of six hectares, next to the Dommerkanaal. Historical machines and locomotives are on display here. The visitor can make a trip through the forest with a narrow gauge railway train. This route was used for the transport of peat to the peat plants
  18. Oermuseum West-Drenthe18

    Oermuseum West-Drenthe

     Diever
    Archeologisch Centrum West Drenthe is located in the only ‘schultebehuizing’ in Drenthe from 1604 that is still partly in its original condition. It is the archaeological centre of the Netherlands. Photo collages and various objects illustrate life of the first inhabitants, the reindeer hunters and
  19. Somewhere in the Netherlands  1939-194519

    Somewhere in the Netherlands 1939-1945

     Emmen
    Foundation Museum Ergens in Nederland 1939 - 1945 is a collection of World War II militaria, which has been on display at the museum in Emmen since March 28, 2015. The militaria collection, built up from the 1980s, contains thousands of items related to World War II and made up to 1945. On display
  20. Orvelte Poort - Ottenshoes20

    Orvelte Poort - Ottenshoes

     Orvelte
  21. De Nabershof21

    De Nabershof

     Emmen
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    Museumherberg De Ar

     Westerbork
    Museum Inn De Ar displays a private collection spanning 50 years. Among other things, the museum displays a Drentsche room with bedsteads and peat stove, a Groningen grocery store, a Gelderland interior, a South Holland cheese factory anno 1800, a men's hair salon and old children's toys. The museum
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    Zandstrooiboerderij en Museum

     Schoonebeek
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    Dorpsmuseum De Kluis

     Eext
    Village Museum The Vault is housed in the former freezer vault built in 1958. The building used to consist of 120 freezer cells. The museum organizes exhibitions about old businesses that have already disappeared, such as a bakery, repair shop, blacksmith, barber and shoemaker. In one part of the mu
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    Oudheidkamer Beilen

     Beilen
    Oudheidkamer Beilen exhibits a historical collection of paintings, furniture, jewellery and other objects from Beilen that date back from the period 1800-1950. The paintings include works by Egbert van Drielst, Alphonse Stengelin and Reinhart Dozy. In addition the museum exhibits Chinese porcelain,
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    De Verhalenwerf

     Hoogeveen
    Peat and Vivianne Miedema are both are important to Hoogeveen. The average inhabitant of the place will tell about them with pride. And it is therefore with due pride that both subjects are told about in De Verhalenwerf. Twice a year there are changing exhibitions in De Verhalenwerf that are tied t
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    Collectie Brands

     Nieuw-Dordrecht
    Collectie Brands is the collection that Jans Brands collected since his childhood. The museum is housed in the farm of the Brands family. The collection consists of approximately 70,000 objects, of which 30,000 are books. Additionally the collection includes coins, cards, various slides, jewellery,
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    Stoottroepen Museum

     Assen
    The Stoottroepen Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of the ‘stoottroepen’ – soldiers of the Dutch Army – which started after the Second World War. The ‘stoottroepen’ were not only present in the Second World War, but also in the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea and the former Yugoslavia. In ad
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    Krubenhuus Pasar station

     Frederiksoord
    The Krubenhuus Pasar station is housed in the former tram station of Frederiksoord. In the museum, visitors enter the world of the colonial period in Indonesia. The museum includes teak furniture and various gift items. The exhibited collection changes regularly. It also features a woodland garden a
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    Onderduikersmuseum De Duikelaar

     Nieuwlande
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    Nostalgische Kinder- en Poppenwagenmuseum

     Uffelte
    The Nostalgic Children's and Dolls' Carriage Museum (Nostalgische Kinder- en Poppenwagenmuseum) displays a collection of baby carriages, doll carriages and other toys of yesteryear.
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    Het Frensenhoes

     Meppen
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    Museum Hoogeveen

     Hoogeveen