Free museums in Friesland

Museum Joure is housed in ten buildings, including six national monuments. The ten buildings are surrounded by quays and a museum garden. One of the buildings once was the first factory of Dutch coffee manufacturer Douwe Egberts. The building features a coffee, tea and tobacco collection. On the 19t

Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden is the information and activity center for the history of Leeuwarden and surroundings. It is the oldest city archive of the Netherlands (1838). Anyone who wants to know about the history of Leeuwarden or the former residents can turn to the HCL. Besides the permanent ex

Tresoar is the Frisian literary and historical centre. Besides a museum, it is also an archive, library and documentation centre. It houses a collection of information sources on various Frisian topics, including highlights of the Frisian literature, films about the ‘Elfstedentocht’ and plans of Fri

Diving Museum Lemmer displays the developments in materials that humans have used to explore life underwater. Already in the time before Christ, divers donned their equipment to explore the underwater world.

The Batavus Museum displays a collection of more than 150 bicycles from the company's origins to contemporary bicycles. The museum was established in 2004 because of the centennial anniversary of bicycle manufacturer Batavus.

The Tuberculosis Museum is located in the former X-ray house on the sanatorium grounds. It features an exhibition on the history of tuberculosis control in the North.