16 Museums to Explore in Utrecht

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Utrecht is a province of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the country. It is home to a number of nature preserves, castles and bustling cities. With the region having such a rich and long history, there are many old cities and ancient buildings to explore. The city of Utrecht features a historic center with an old cathedral tower that dates back to the Middle Ages.

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Museums to Explore in Utrecht

Castle-Museum Sypesteyn

Sypesteyn Castle is a castle and museum in the Noord-Holland municipality of Wijdemeren. The interior of the castle is still largely as the baronet left it in the 1930s. During the guided tours you will become acquainted with all facets of the rich collection of the esquire and you will see, among other things, the Armory Room, the Gothic Room, and the 17th-century Low Hall.In addition to the collection of portraits, furniture, silver and glass objects, clocks and sculptures.

Centraal Museum

The Central Museum is a majestic museum located in the city of Utrecht It has an extensive collection of old and modern art , fashion, applied art and the Miffy Museum and the Rietveld Schröder House are also part of the Centraal Museum. It contains more than 50,000 objects and consists of contemporary drawings, historical costumes, abstract paintings and archaeological finds.

Het Utrechts Archief - Expo

The Utrecht Archives is an archive institution in the Dutch city of Utrecht . It manages the richest collection on the history of the city and province of Utrecht . With over 30 kilometers of archives, visual documents and 73,000 publications, the archive forms a knowledge center for the history of Utrecht. The Utrecht Archives also possess knowledge about supervision according to the Archives Act and in the field of analog and digital archive management.

Museum Maluku (MuMa)

A majestic museum, which was set itself the goal of collecting, researching, preserving and presenting the heritage of the Moluccan community. In addition to a permanent collection, temporary exhibitions were regularly held. The museum contained a theater room with 80 seats. A knowledge and education center was also attached to the museum. In October 2012 the museum had to close due to the financial situation.

Museum Speelklok

Museum Speelklokn is a museum in The Netherlands, specializing in self-playing musical instruments. It will take you through the wonderful world of self-playing musical instruments, surprising its visitors every day with the cheerful tunes from all corners of the museum. A fun day out in Utrecht for children and adults. Over the years the museum has become popular nationwide and also internationally.

Museum Vreeswijk

Museumwerf Vreeswijk is the continuation of the former Shipyard Buitenweg in the former independent village of Vreeswijk , in the current municipality of Nieuwegein in the province of Utrecht . The museum's "working yard" focuses on the restoration, repair and maintenance of old barges. The museum has an interior section where the history of the shipyard and inland shipping is displayed and where an impression of inland navigation life is given.

Museum Warsenhoeck

Museum Warsenhoeck has been located in the Geinoord 11 farm in Nieuwegein since 1990 . The museum is managed and operated by the Nieuwegein Historical Circle. The museum is dedicated to the cultural history of Nieuwegein, the former municipalities of Jutphaas , Vreeswijk and the medieval city of Geyne.

Nationaal Militair Museum

The National Military Museum in Soesterberg is a museum in which attention is paid to the significance of the Dutch armed forces in the past, present and future, with extra attention to the collections of land and air forces , from the Army Museum in Delft and the Military Aviation Museum in Soesterberg, which have been merged into the NMM. The NMM is housed in the Royal Defense Museums Foundation.

The Miffy Museum is a museum dedicated to the work of author Dick Bruna in the Dutch city of Utrecht . The museum is part of the Centraal Museum .More than 1200 works by Dick Bruna were on display, including the Miffy books and Bruna's first book covers, posters and his work for Amnesty International , the Red Cross and other organizations.

The Spoorwegmuseum or the Dutch Railway Museum has been located since 1954 in the Maliebaan station built in 1874 on the Oosterspoorweg in the city of Utrecht. Its collection mainly contained images, documentation and track attributes. In 1935 the museum moved to NS-Hoofdgebouw I at the Moreelsepark . In the 1930s, the first initiatives were taken to preserve old railway equipment of historical importance. As a result of the war conditions, some of these were lost after all.

Stedelijk Museum Vianen

The Stedelijk Museum is housed in a Roman Catholic clandestine church dating from the 17th century . The church functioned as a secret church for about 150 years. Today the hidden church is a monumental building. The collection of the museum is owned by the municipality and not by the museum itself, small art meetings are often held in the upper room. The Tourist Information Agency is housed in the Stedelijk Museum.

Streekmuseum VredeGoed

Vredegoed is a monumental farm in the Dutch village of Tienhoven , municipality of Stichtse Vecht .The longhouse farm with front house was built in 1906 to a design by W. van Vreeswijk to house a dairy farm and cheese factory. There is also a wagon shed and iron entrance gate from that time in the yard. Art Nouveau elements have been used throughout the design . All these parts are valued as national monuments .The Vredegoed Regional Museum is also located here.

University Museum Utrecht | UMU

The University Museum in the city of Utrecht is a science museum that manages the historical collections of Utrecht University. The old adjacent Hortus Botanicus is part of the museum. There is a special Youth Lab for experiments by children. The collection comprises around 200,000 objects, including approximately 80,000 photographs.

Van Zuilen Museum Foundation

The Museum van Zuilen is a museum in the Dutch city of Utrecht . The collection consists of objects and documents related to the former municipality of Zuilen . Until 1954, Zuilen was an independent municipality northwest of the city of Utrecht.Many of the objects in the museum come from the past of these now closed businesses. Photos, but also papers and exam papers from the training of these factories.

Vecht Museum Foundation

This is a regional museum in the Dutch village of Maarssen in the province of Utrecht about the history of the Vechtstreek . The museum is located in the park of Goudestein , the old town hall of Maarssen. It has a lot of collection form the history and also there are so many things to see and study.

Waterliniemuseum Fort bij Vechten

The Fort bij Vechten Waterliniemuseum in the Fort bij Vechten near Bunnik in Utrecht is a museum that was opened in 2015 and focuses on the defense of the Netherlands by means of water. The Waterline Museum consists of different parts. In the new part, realized in the sand body on the attack side of the bomb-proof barracks, is the interactive exhibition about the water lines Sterk Water. There are also exhibits in the original buildings of the fortress.

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