Science & Technology Museums in Gelderland

The National Bicycle Museum Velorama displays a collection of special bikes including original balance bikes (‘draisines’), high ‘bi’s’ and velocipedes. Among others, the museum owns the engagement tandem bicycle of Queen Juliana, the bike that Dutch cyclist Wim van Est was using while he fell in th

At Geofort, everything revolves around the earth. Learn more about themes such as climate, geo-design and big data in our interactive science center. GeoFort is located on a historic fortress island, part of the New Dutch Water Line. Experience the GeoExperience. Get disoriented in the dark under

The Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM) is operating a heritage railway between Apeldoorn, Beekbergen, Loenen, Eerbeek and Dieren. Especially the VSM’s Railway Museum in Beekbergen is worth a visit. This museum includes the locomotive workshops and depot where water and coal is loaded in the eng

The Visscher Classique Museum has its origins in Henk Visscher's passion for old- and youngtimers. At the age of forty he began to see their beauty and started collecting them. It started just before the turn of the century with the purchase of a 1964 Peugeot 404. In the 20-plus years that followed,

The Museum Factory in Winterswijk tells about the history of this village. From the time when dinosaurs swam there, the late Middle Ages, the emerging textile industry in the last century to the history of our fathers and mothers. An extensive collection of fossils from the quarry, remains of mammot

Discover the public transport of the past and marvel at the technology of the past. And get acquainted with toys from the last century. You see the toys in a surprising environment. The Public Transport & Toy Museum in Doesburg is located in the historic and cozy Gildehofje. The museum gives you a g

The Museum voor Anatomie en Pathologie is situated in the study centre of the Radboudumc. Both the Department of Anatomy and the department of Pathology are accessible to visitors. The collection of the museum includes embryos, fetuses and various parts of the human body (preparations).

The Gelderse Smalspoor Stichting has a collection of narrow gauge railway trains and related objects. The collection includes old locomotives such as the Deutz OMD 117f, Diemas, the Whitcomb and a large 24-ton heavy electric locomotive and carriages and ‘lorries’. Visitors can also take a ride on th

Museum Stoomhoutzagerij Nahuis is a ‘working’ museum. It emerged from the ‘radmakerij’, which was already in operation in 1850. The museum is open to the public several times a year. The museum’s collection illustrates how people have been using the various machines for over a hundred years. The ent

Using models of old and modern ships, photographs, ship objects, stories and themed exhibitions, the Inland Navigation Museum Nijmegen illustrates what life aboard an inland ship is like and what passes by on the river.