Medemblik - Notable Sights

Features of interest are St Bonifaciuskerk, a Late Gothic hall-church (15th C.) with an old tower, which contains the tomb of Lord George Murray, a Jacobite commander at the battle of Culloden (1745) who died in exile in Medemblik; the 17th century Weigh House (Waag; used for the weighing of cheese); the Town Hall (Stadhuis; 1940); and the former Orphanage (Weeshuis), now housing the Oudheidkamer, a museum of local antiquities.