Most reviewed Local history museums in Amsterdam, Netherlands to visit (Updated March, 2024)

Most reviewed Local history museums in Amsterdam

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Amsterdam through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 43 places from Local history museum category.

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Lighthouse Texel

Local history museum

Historic seaside beacon with a spiral steel staircase leading to panoramic vistas at the top.

4.50 (7.9K reviews) (~90 km from centre)

Amsterdam Museum

History museum

Former orphanage with artwork, artifacts & interactive exhibitions tracing the city's history.

4.30 (5.8K reviews) (~1.07 km from centre)

Museum Giethoorn 't Olde Maat Uus

Local history museum

Living museum showcasing a historic farming village with costumed actors, a gift shop & a cafe.

4.50 (2.2K reviews) (~89.79 km from centre)

Rijksmuseum de Gevangenpoort

Local history museum

Tours of crime & punishment museum with jailer's quarters, interrogation room and judges' chambers.

4.40 (1.5K reviews) (~51.35 km from centre)

Bunker Museum Terschelling

Local history museum

😐 I enjoyed looking around the museum site. Staff was friendly and spoke English but there was not any information or tours in English. They would only let you into the largest bunker if you were with a group and the tour groups only spoke Dutch. Very frustrating. I was not allowed into the main bunke...

4.50 (1.3K reviews) (~113.14 km from centre)

Castellum Hoge Woerd

Cultural center

👍👍 Beatiful reconstruction of a Roman castel and conserved Roman ship, excellent exhibition

4.40 (1.2K reviews) (~33.38 km from centre)

The Hague's Historic Museum

Local history museum

Museum detailing the Hague's history, with artefacts, portraits, cityscapes & temporary exhibitions.

4.20 (1.1K reviews) (~51.04 km from centre)

Museummolen Blokweer

Water mill

😠 Why so rude to us 😢 We two were checking the only signage around the windmill - “please scan ticket” outside the hut under the windmill, a staff went out at that time and asked us about ticket, we said no then were ordered rudely to leave that area :( Suggest them to make clear signage to show the...

4.70 (1K reviews) (~57.51 km from centre)

Houseboat Museum

Museum

Museum on a 1914 freighter converted to become a houseboat, exploring life on Amsterdam's canals.

4.30 (1K reviews) (~0.77 km from centre)

Museummolen Nederwaard

Heritage museum

UNESCO World Heritage park with 19 windmills dating from 18th century, plus museum and working mill.

4.60 (950 reviews) (~57.11 km from centre)

Boerenbondsmuseum

Open air museum

👍👍 Echt terug in de tijd van hoe het was in Brabant rond 1900, geweldig!! En brabantse gastvrijheid, geschikt voor een leuke dag uit en bovendien leerzaam ook!!

4.70 (468 reviews) (~104.42 km from centre)

Heeze Castle

Castle

👍 I was not able to go inside. Do not know why it was closed. May be Corona reasons. The surrounding is fully covered with nature. Have a look at my pictures.

4.40 (466 reviews) (~120.17 km from centre)

Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden

Local history museum

👍👍 Just located behind the Ceramics Museum. A history center with exhibitions about the history of Leeuwarden city and Fryslan, temporary exhibition about hospital in Leeuwarden and Erwin in January 2023. No need to make an appointment to see the exhibitions but if you are interested in archives you ne...

4.40 (410 reviews) (~110.42 km from centre)

Westlands Museum

History museum

👍 Very educational museum with a look into history. Lots of visual material, films and photos, also recently after recorded audio fragments. Nice reception. Material from antiquity, around Christ and from recent times. Vegetables, fruit and floriculture are discussed, as are greenhouse construction a...

4.30 (344 reviews) (~59.83 km from centre)

CODA Museum

Museum

👍 This is a nice museum. Be sure to check out what exposition is currently displayed as it is not such a big museum. The lay out is pretty well thought through and the small collection of friends art work is definitely worth checking out. Plan your visit to be roughly around 1 hour to 1 hour and a hal...

3.90 (337 reviews) (~74.6 km from centre)

Historical Museum Den Briel

Local history museum

😠 Not even worth 1 star. The museum is a mess. Everything is confused and it cannot be followed.

4.30 (275 reviews) (~72.17 km from centre)

Zandvoorts Museum

Local history museum

Ceramics, costumes & artwork charting the story of Zandvoort from fishing village to seaside resort.

4.30 (269 reviews) (~24.69 km from centre)

Bezoekerscentrum Leudal

Tourist information center

👍👍 Ik vond het interessant, kinderen ook.

4.30 (236 reviews) (~144.16 km from centre)

Stichting "Nobels Nostalgisch Museum"

Museum

👍👍 Mooi gearrangeerd museum met sfeervol samenhangende opstelling van talloze historische voorwerpen, je loopt rond in de sfeer van een eeuw geleden. Prachtig en dierbaar.

4.70 (218 reviews) (~130.51 km from centre)

Barak 1B

Local history museum

4.30 (182 reviews) (~83.06 km from centre)

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Most reviewed Local history museums in Amsterdam, Netherlands