20 Museums to Explore in North Brabant

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North Brabant is a province in the south of the Netherlands. North Brabant is a haven for nature lovers. Its picturesque landscape features small historic villages, windmills and stunning castles such as Heeze, Heezwijk and Gemmert. For a change of scenery, travelers can visit Eindhoven. This industrial city features a number of art galleries and museums, such as Van Abbemuseum.

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Museums to Explore in North Brabant

The DAF Museum is a museum in Eindhoven that focuses on the history of Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek , DAF for short. It is located in the Tongelre district of Eindhoven. n particular, many DAF vehicles are on display in the museum, including sports cars and prototypes. Many of these prototypes are cars that never went into production. Part of the museum has also been set up for the large collection of trucks.

Design Museum Den Bosch

The Design Museum Den Bosch is a museum for design and design in 's-Hertogenbosch . It specializes in ceramics and jewelry and is a member of the International Council of Museums and the Museums Association. The museum is one of the most important institutions in the Netherlands that collect and present the work of Dutch jewelery designers . It manages a collection of approximately 1500 pieces of jewelry.

The Edah-Museum was founded by former director Thieu de Wit and runs entirely on volunteers. After the supermarkets closed, volunteers collected old items and inventories from Edah and housed them in a museum. The museum also contains references to other grocery formulas and supermarket chains such as Konmar, Basismarkt, Torro and VéGé. After the closure of Edah, the Edah Museum remained located right next to the former headquarters until October 2018.

Eindhoven Museum

The Eindhoven Museum is an archaeological open-air museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, focusing on the Iron Age and Middle Ages in the province of North Brabant. It focuses on the daily lives and routines of people in the time periods mentioned, through demonstrations and recreations of buildings, practices and routines.

Het Markiezenhof

The Markiezenhof is a late Gothic city palace in the city of Bergen op Zoom , in the Dutch province of North Brabant . It was the residence of the lords and later the marquises of Bergen op Zoom. Exhibitions and events take place in the building. It houses a museum, where you can get acquainted with the way of life of the marquis . There are four period rooms , including the Henriëtte room and the Theodoor room with portraits of former marquises.

Museum de Wieger

This is a former doctor's and artist's residence in the North Brabant village of Deurne , and has been in use as a municipal museum since the 1970s. The collection mainly consists of art painted by Wiegersma himself. In addition, works by other artists from the period 1900 to 1940 are displayed, including Charley Toorop and Isaac Israel.

Museum Jan Cunen

Museum Jan Cunen is an art museum located in the monumental 'Villa Constance. The museum holds exhibitions of nineteenth-century, (early) twentieth-century and contemporary art and about the 'Story of Oss', with education as the spearhead. The building has been designated as a national monument since 2001.

Museum Klok & Peel

Museum Klok & Peel is a museum in Asten , a place in the east of the Dutch province of North Brabant . It focuses on two themes: the first is bells and carillons . It has the largest collection of these in the world. The second is the natural and cultural history of the Peel , the region on the border of North Brabant and Limburg where Asten is located. Outside the museum, both collections come together in the herb garden and sound garden, as it were.

Museum Slager is an art museum in the North Brabant capital 's-Hertogenbosch , dedicated to eight painters from three generations of one family, the Slager family. Behind the stately facades of Museum Slager, visitors will find a collection of paintings, drawings, etchings, watercolors and objects from this family of painters. The museum is located at Choorstraat 8.

Museum Voor Religieuze Kunst

The Museum of Modern Religious Art was founded in Ostend and existed there from 1974 to 1994. After its closure, the religious art collection moved to Brussels and was housed in the dome of the national basilica of Koekelberg . Today it is one of two museums in the basilica; the other is the Museum of the Black Sisters. The collection consists of works that were owned by the diocese of Bruges , the deanery of Ostend and the priest Ghekiere himself.

Natuurmuseum Brabant

Natuurmuseum Brabant is the nature museum about nature and landscape of North Brabant . It is located on Spoorlaan in the North Brabant city of Tilburg. The museum consists of three floors with permanent and temporary exhibitions. At the end of 2011, the adjacent coach house, which previously housed the Scryption , was also converted into an exhibition space.The museum is very popular with families: for many years.

Noordbrabants Museum

The Noordbrabants Museum is a museum for the art, culture and history of North Brabant . It is located in the former Gouvernementspaleis in the city center of the North Brabant capital 's-Hertogenbosch , on Verwersstraat . The collection includes both art and a historical collection. In addition to the permanent collection, there are always temporary exhibitions in the garden gallery and in the side wing of the museum.

The Oertijdmuseum, in the town of Boxtel in the Dutch province of North Brabant , is a natural history and geological museum that displays paleontological features , including dinosaur skeletons , and also develops educational activities.

Overloon War Museum

The Overloon War Museum is located in Overloon, Netherlands. The museum is set in 14 hectares of woodland. A feature of the museum is the large number of military vehicles and equipment on display, both German and Allied. For years these have been kept in the open air, but have recently been moved indoors in order to help preserve them. Many of the exhibited vehicles took part in the Battle of Overloon.

The Philips Museum is located in the North Brabant city of Eindhoven and deals with the history of the company Philips . It is located in Philips' first light bulb factory. The entire process in various steps, starting with purified cotton wool and ending with a ready-to-use lamp, can still be followed in detail within the museum in 2020. A space has been opened , which is furnished as a lamp factory from the 1920s

PreHistorisch Dorp

The pre-Historic Village in Genneper Parken in Eindhoven is a historical open-air museum that is part of the Eindhoven Museum . The museum shows through archaeological reconstructions of buildings and living history 6 different eras: the time of hunters and gatherers , the time of the first farmers, the Indigenous-Roman era, the time of the Vikings and Franks , the time of Trade and Cities and the Eighty Years' War .

Stedelijk Museum

The Stedelijk Museum Breda, formerly the Museum of the Image (MOTI), is a national museum for visual culture in Breda in the Netherlands. The museum focuses on film, design, photography, fashion, visual arts, architecture, science, and gaming.

Stg. Cult.bel. Breda's Museum

This is a national museum for visual culture in Breda in the Netherlands. The museum focuses on film, design, photography, fashion, visual arts, architecture, science, and gaming. Besides the prominent exhibitions, the Graphic Design Museum also organizes multiple activities like tours, workshops and children's parties.

Map of Museums to Explore in North Brabant