Fries Museum - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting
Museums
Things to know
About Fries Museum
The Fries Museum is dedicated to Friesland and the Frisian people. Its activities revolve around the eleven cities that make up the province and the surrounding countryside. The collection of the Fries Museum consists of 1 million objects and is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history from the years 1200 to 2000. Around 8000 objects are currently on display in the museum. The most iconic objects in the museum are the Hindelooper Room, the Popta Treasure and the legendary sword of Grote Pier.Address : Wilhelminaplein 92, 8911 BS Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Hotels near Fries Museum
Top Activities Near Fries Museum
Filter By Date
//
Sort By
Attractions Near Fries Museum
Museum de GrutterswinkelMuseum De Grutterswinkel is a museum in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. The grocery store is located in a five - bay building from 1596. The facade has a checkered cornice and the central window is decorated with Rococo carvings . The building is a national monument . It was a mayor's residence and housed a coppersmith . In 1901 , the Feenstra family started out as a wholesaler in groats and colonial goods . Later it became a shop.
Museum BlokhuispoortThe Blokhuispoort is a complex of buildings that served as a detention center in the city of Leeuwarden until December 2007 . The current building was built in the second half of the nineteenth century on the site where a prison already stood around 1500. It has undergone many adaptations and extensions over the centuries and has served as a prison since 1580. In its present form, the complex is 130 years old and has 180 cells.
Ceramics Museum PrincessehofThe Princessehof Ceramics Museum, located in the Leeuwarden, showcases a beautiful collection of ceramic, tiles, pottery and ceramic sculpture housed in a luxurious 18th century palace. The museum has a café and often hosts visiting art exhibitions. The museum also permanently exhibits the former studio of the Dutch ceramist Jan van der Vaart.
OldehoveThe Oldehove is a leaning and unfinished church tower in the medieval centre of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. The height of the tower is 39 metres. The tower has 183 steps. The top of the tower is displaced horizontally 2 metres from the centre. The original plan included attaching a new church to the tower, which would replace the old saint vitus church, but this was never realized. Custodian of the tower is Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden.
Nature Museum FryslânThe Natuurmuseum Fryslân is a nature museum in the city of Leeuwarden in the Dutch province of Friesland. The exhibit that has attracted the most visitors in the museum's history is the Animal Inside Out exhibit , produced by Gunther von Hagens . More than 62,000 visitors came to the museum to view the many plastinated animals. Four floors full of information, remarkable animals and plants, exercises, games and other surprises invite you to discover the beauty of nature in Fryslân.
Historisch Centrum LeeuwardenThe Historical Center Leeuwarden is the information and activity center for the history of Leeuwarden and the surrounding area.Thousands of meters of historical documents, from the Middle Ages to the present, are kept here and made accessible. Anyone who wants to know something about the history of Leeuwarden or the former inhabitants can contact the HCL.
Discover More Attractions in Friesland, Home of Fries Museum
FrieslandFriesland is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. Friesland is a unique region of the country as its locals speak their own language known as Frisian. The province is primarily an agricultural region and is the birthplace of the Frisian Cattle and black Frisian horse. Aside from agriculture, tourism plays a major role in the province’s economy.
Location of Fries Museum
Comments
Please Sign In to add your comments
For more information about Fries Museum, visit : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fries_Museum
Looking for hotels nearby. Click here to explore!
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply