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Netherlands Open-Air Museum Description
(Local Name: Openluchtmuseum) North of Arnhem (leave on Zijpendaalseweg and turn right into Schelmseweg, or on Apeldoornseweg and then left into Schelmseweg: distance 4km/2.5mi), set in beautiful wooded country, is the Netherlands Open-Air Museum (Nederlands Openluchtmuseum; area 33 hectares/82 acres). The museum was founded in 1912 on the initiative of ordinary citizens concerned to ensure that the way of life and folk art of the different parts of the country should not be destroyed by the development of industry. Although the museum originally concentrated on the living and working conditions of the rural population (farmers, craftsmen, shepherds and fishermen) down to 1900, it now also takes in the urban and
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Hobbies & Activities category: Fabrics, textiles, costumes exhibits;  Agricultural area or museum;  Folk art exhibit;  Historical museum;  Industrial attraction, factory museum;  Nautical museum or attraction;  Village reconstruction, open-air museum
Address
The Netherlands Open Air Museum
Schelmseweg 89
Arnhem, Gelderland 6800 AP
Netherlands
http://www.openluchtmuseum.nl
Hours
March 25 to October 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Closed17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
Cost
Adult12.00 Euros
Child 4-128.50 Euros
Child 3 & underFREE
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
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