Best places: History museums in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands

Dutch aviation & military history museum on an ex-airfield, with a kids' zone, cafe & meeting space.

19th-century, medieval-style palace with landscaped gardens that host regular fairs & events.

Interactive museum set in a restored 19th-century station, tracing the history of rail travel.

Elegant 1600s manor house featuring landscaped gardens & a moat, plus a restaurant & concerts.

Preserved mansion with historic interiors dating from the time when Emperor Wilhelm II lived here.

👍👍 My dad was held here during the war. They do a great job of educating visitors on what went on there during WWII. I like that they decided to preserve what they could against the people's wish to forget the worst parts of the war. People need to know the history to, hopefully, never repeat it. Eve...

Tours of a fortified castle with earthen ramparts, a double moat & 18th-century soldier's village.

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

👍👍 Small but nice museum on the history of the Dutch cavalry.

Underground attraction tracing Dutch history through archaeological ruins dating to 45 CE.

👍👍 Pretty neat museum, bigger and more elaborate than I'd initially expected. Great informative place to learn about the history of Wageningen.

👍👍 Wow, so much to see and think about. We are surprised by what has been collected here.

👍👍 A nicely set up museum. In a round fort from the 1800s. You can also eat and drink well there.

👍👍 Gezellige en warme sfeer, enthousiaste ondernemers. Leuk om binnen te kijken of gewoon een kopje koffie te drinken. Veel te zien en te leren.