Animal museums in North Brabant

Safaripark Beekse Bergen is the largest wildlife park in the Benelux. Visitors can come face to face with wild animals.

Dierenrijk is a zoo especially aimed at children.Children experience what it is like to climb like a ibex, to sit on a stick like a chicken or to walk like a stork. Dierenrijk also organizes regular themed events and live performances and daily feeding presentations take place.

Zoo Veldhoven is home to a variety of exotic animals. You can see colorful birds and special animals not often encountered in the Netherlands. Among other things, Zoo Veldhoven has several aviaries and a raptor enclosure.

Zoo Parc Overloon is home to several well-known and rare animal species. Among them are cheetahs, Alaotrabamboemakis, African wild dogs, Vietnamese sika deer, white-wang gibbons, bear martens, meerkats, raccoons and Bennett wallabies. There is also a botanical garden, a butterfly valley and the Pand

The Klok & Peel Museum’s collection consists of two subcollections: a collection of carillons and a natural history collection. The museum has the largest collection of carillons in the world. The museum covers all clock-related themes. Clocks from all over the world are exhibited in the great hall.

Natuurmuseum Brabant is housed in the former villa of cloth manufacturer Guillaume JD Pollet. The museum is dedicated to the landscape and the nature of Brabant. Among other objects, the museum exhibits plants, animals, rocks and fossils. One of the permanent exhibitions, ‘De Reis’, focusses on the

The animal park where you can still experience that real Brabant coziness! BestZOO is a cozy zoo, where visitors can get close to the animals and get a good view of the animals. Come face to face with animals from all over the world! Monkeys from South America, panthers from Asia, marsupials from Au

Dierenpark De Oliemeulen calls itself the strangest animal park in the Netherlands. Among other things, there is a two-headed snake, an owl, a gecko and a miniature horse. There is also a nursery with various small animals such as tiny meerkats and tiny eyelash geckos, coal-burning turtles and vario

The Meierijsche Museumboerderij illustrates life and work on a farm in the Brabant Meierij from 1880 to 1930. Topics that are discussed in the museum include the habits and customs of that time. In the Middle Ages, people started agricultural activities on the site of the farm.

Animal Park See-ZOO is a zoo and breeding center. It is home to a variety of animal species from almost every continent. Among others, owls, kangaroos and ducks can be seen. The zoo also houses remarkable animal species, including the Clouded leopard, Tayra and the American black bear.

The Natural History and Ethnographic Museum was founded around the collections of the Saint Louis brothers, which were used for visual education in the past. The museum has several departments. The main attraction is the almost thousand stuffed animals on the first floor, which is still decorated

The Vlasserij-Suikermuseum is located at the west corner of North Brabant, where flax and sugar beet have been cultivated for years. The museum shows the process and the products that are made from both sugar beet and flax, such as linseed oil, flax ribbon, linen and sugar. The museum features vario

Het Oertijdmuseum in Boxtel is a geological and natural history museum. Among other things, (dinosaur) fossils from small to huge, and various stones and minerals are shown. The volunteers of the Dinolab and the Dinowerkplaats work on the process from-bone-to-skeleton and will explain this proces. G

The Fisheries and Cultural History Museum grew out of the initiative of a group of enthusiastic residents of Woudrichem. They started collecting historical material about river fishing. In a few years, so much material was gathered that it was decided to set up a museum. The collection provides an a

Reptile House The Earth is a small tropical jungle. The reptile house houses various lizards, crocodiles and snakes, among others. To mimic the natural habitat, it is always around 22 to 25 degrees Celsius.

The pig museum is dedicated to pig farming. The museum shows all facets of the industry. Among other things, the museum shows past pig farming and old rare domestic breeds.

Falconcrest is a falconry center and bird of prey park. It is the largest bird of prey park in the Netherlands. Among others, there are buzzards, eagles, falcons, owls and vultures. Visitors can participate in birds of prey demonstrations to learn about the birds up close.