Are you passionate about farming and agricultural history? These are the must-visit agriculture museums in South Holland:
1De Koffieleut
RockanjeThe Koffieleut mainly displays old lap and hanging coffee grinders, more than 1,000 of them. Also hanging and on display are agricultural and horticultural tools. Of course also other items from earlier times. 2Westlands Museum
HonselersdijkThe Westlands Museum is dedicated to the history of Westland. The museum illustrates the story of the origins of the Westland, which starts in prehistoric times. The earliest traces of habitation date back to 3700 BC. Behind the museum is a historical garden with all types of greenhouses and crops f 3Streekmuseum Krimpenerwaard
Krimpen aan Den IJsselStreekmuseum Krimpenerwaard is housed in a Low German House from the 17th century. The museum illustrates life and work in the Krimpenerwaard during the 19th and early 20th century. The collection consists of objects used in Krimpenerwaard for work in the countryside, household, industry and crafts. 4Boomkwekerijmuseum
BoskoopThe Boomkwekerijmuseum is dedicated to the history of tree nursery. It is located in Boskoop, which is the most important contiguous tree nursery area in the world. The collection includes old tools, equipment and baskets. The tree nursery house illustrates how a tree nursery family lived around 190 5Landbouwmuseum Tiengemeten
TiengemetenLandbouwmuseum Tiengemeten is dedicated to the agricultural mechanization from 1920 to 1955. The museum illustrates the development of farming in that period. Agriculture was largely mechanized worldwide after the First World War. After 1920, the mechanization also slowly started in the Netherlands. 6Streekmuseum Reeuwijk
ReeuwijkThe museum shows how life was early 1900, in the new build "barn" additional themes are shown, ao, winter and ice scating, cheese in the area. Meeting rooms available.- 7
Streekmuseum Veldzicht
NoordwijkStreekmuseum Veldzicht is housed in a farmhouse from 1864. The village of Noordwijk has an agricultural past. In the late Middle Ages it was a centre for the cultivation of herbs. Farmers had an old Dutch breed of cow, named Blaarkop and around 1850 the floriculture was important for the village. Th - 8
De Koffietuin
NieuwerbrugDe Koffietuin is located in a farmhouse, parts of which are from 1610. The museum exhibits various objects related to coffee, with special focus on the roasting, grinding, making and serving of coffee. The museum displays photographs of the coffee picking at the plantation in Indonesia. In addition,