Tickets for Open Air Zuiderzee Museum

Free cancellation

Place: Enkhuizen

Validity: Flexible

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Wheelchair accessible

Do this because

Learn about the Dutch way of living from 100 years ago
Experience the Zuiderzee life of yesteryear in a single day
Have fun with a family friendly activity suitable for all ages
Let your kids walk around in traditional costumes with clogs

What to expect

The Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen revives the stories of people who once lived on the shores of the Zuiderzee. See, hear, taste and smell everyday life around the Zuiderzee as it was before the Afsluitdijk (IJsselmeer Barrier Dam) changed the sea into the IJsselmeer in 1932.

Your visit starts with a boat trip on the museum ferry from the station or parking to the open air section of the Zuiderzee Museum. At the museum you will be taken on a tour from the town of Enkhuizen, across the Afsluitdijk dike and the Wadden Sea Islands to Frisian towns like Hindeloopen and Makkum, and back again to the province of Noord-Holland, where you'll visit the villages of Marken and Volendam.

The open-air section covers 15 acres and accommodates authentic buildings from the former Zuiderzee region, such as a church, a fish-curing shed, a mill, a cheese warehouse, shops and dwelling houses from the surrounding fishing villages. You can help craftspeople in the Marker harbour making nets, produce a rope at the rope-maker’s workplace, give the housemaid a hand, or enter into a conversation with the ‘inhabitants’ from the former island of Urk. Take in the aroma of freshly smoked fish and photograph your (grand)children in traditional Volendam costumes.

Important to know

Not allowed:

Pets

Know in advance:

The Zuiderzee Museum comprises an Indoor and an Outdoor Museum. On site there are restaurants, picnic areas and shops
The open air section of the museum is accessible to people who use wheelchairs. However, the streets, alleys and buildings have been laid out and arranged in an authentic manner, which means that in places they may only be passable with difficulty. Ask the ticket office for a map with a wheelchair-friendly route of the Outdoor Museum
The museum has several entrances and exits, please follow the signs in and around town to get to the museum
Admission is free for children under 4

What’s included

Entrance fees

Permanent exhibitions

Temporary exhibitions

Map

Digital guidebook

WiFi

Ferry ticket

What’s not included

Food and drinks

Parking

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 hour before the experience begins.

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Location

Sluisweg 1, 1601 MB Enkhuizen, Netherlands

Meeting point:

Follow signs around Enkhuizen for the right direction. In case you arrive by train, do not come to the meeting point but catch the ferry ship in the port 100 meters away or follow the signs for a nice walk through the old town to the museum (approximately 1 km).