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Mekka for gemstone collectors!

Museum de Oude Aarde

All kinds of gemstones and fossiles with a nice shop in front of this little museum. For children they have a nice quizform, which they can fill out. If they do well, they get a little attention.

Openings hours:
March 1st to November 1st 7 days a week from 10.00 - 18.00.

From November 1st to the 1st of March open from:
Wednesday to Sunday, 10.00 - 17.00.

In the wintertime, during school-holidays open every day.

Closed on December 25th.

Entrance fees:
Adults: € 2.50
Children 4-12 years: € 1.50

Address: Binnenpad 43, 8355 BR Giethoorn

Directions: Towncenter

Other Contact: info@deoudeaarde.com

Phone: +31 (0) 521 - 36 13 13

Website: http://www.deoudeaarde.com

See how they lived here!

Museum 't Olde Maat Uus

In and around this beautiful renovated farm a team of volunteers takes pride in showing you the history of living and working in Giethoorn in the last 100 years.

The name of this museum 't Olde Maat Uus comes from:
Dutch----------------------------------English
't----------------------------------------The
Olde-----------------------------------Old
Maat-----------------------------------Maat
Uus------------------------------------House

Maat stands for a family name. The family once lived here!

Opening hours:
April to beginning October
- Mon-Sat. 11.00-17.00 hrs
- Sun 12.00-17.00 hrs

October to April
- On public holydays 11.00 - 17.00 hrs
- all Sundays 12.00-17.00 hrs

Visit after appointement always possible

Entrance fee:
Children € 1,-
Adults € 3,-

Address: Binnenpad 52, Giethoorn

Directions: From mainroad (N334) Take Exit Centrum - dorp. Park your car on a public carpark and walk to the museum in the towncentre next to the church.

Other Contact: oldemaatuus@zonnet.nl

Phone: +31 (0) 521 - 36 22 44

Website: http://www.oldemaatuus.nl/

Historical cars in Dutch Venice

Histo-Mobil

A nice collection of old cars, motorcycles etc.

Go back in history, see how people transported everything in Giethoorn

Opening Hours
March 1st to October 31st
daily between 10.00 - 18.00 hrs.

Entrance fees
Adults € 4
Children 4 to 12 yrs. € 2

Address: Cornelisgracht 42, Giethoorn

Phone: +31 (0)521-361498

Website: http://www.histomobil.nl