Zuiderzeemuseum

Aktuelle udstillinger

Om museet

The impetus came from the Afsluitdijk (Enclosure Dam): when the Zuiderzee became the IJsselmeer in 1932 and an entire way of life built on fishing, maritime trade and traditional costume threatened to disappear with it, people began collecting its traces. In 1948 the Zuiderzeemuseum was founded as a national museum, and in 1950 the indoor museum, now called the Schathuys, opened in Enkhuizen. It occupies a row of historic buildings on the Wierdijk, including a former warehouse of the Dutch East India Company; some storehouses were moved here stone by stone from elsewhere in the town.

From the late 1960s, the open-air museum was created on a former storage yard of the Zuiderzee Works. By 1983 more than 140 houses, workshops, a church, shops and fishermen's cottages from towns around the former Zuiderzee had been dismantled and reassembled into neighborhoods modeled on real town layouts – such as a street from Harderwijk or a harbor based on Marken. Queen Beatrix opened the village in 1983, and a year later the museum was named European Museum of the Year.

't Zuiderzeedorp shows everyday life between about 1880 and 1930, with craftspeople such as a blacksmith, ropemaker, basket maker and fish smoker, as well as actors portraying residents of the time. The Schathuys holds traditional costumes, painted furniture, tools, maps and art, and has the largest ship collection of any Dutch museum. In 2025 the museum drew more than 300,000 visitors for the first time since 1999.

Højdepunkter

• 't Zuiderzeedorp with more than 140 relocated buildings from towns around the former Zuiderzee
• Ferry ride on the museum boat across the IJsselmeer to the village
• Craftspeople at work: blacksmith, ropemaker, basket maker, fish smoker, sailmaker
• Schepenhal with the largest ship collection of any Dutch museum
• Permanent exhibition “Zee vol verhalen” with traditional costumes and painted furniture
• Activities for children such as a dress-up chest, an old-fashioned classroom and the puzzle tour “Mysterie van het Schathuys”

Permanente udstillinger

• Zee vol verhalen – Main exhibition in the Schathuys about life on the former Zuiderzee, with traditional costumes, painted furniture, everyday objects, maps and art, plus an audio tour and a children's route.
• Schepenhal – Hall with the most important historic wooden ships from the largest ship collection of any Dutch museum, accessible via walkways.
• 't Zuiderzeedorp – Open-air village with more than 140 relocated buildings, craft demonstrations and actors, showing everyday life around 1880–1930 (open seasonally).

Grundlagt

1950

Ledelse

Stephan Warnik

Entrépriser & rabatter

One ticket is valid for the Schathuys and 't Zuiderzeedorp (including the museum ferry). Free with the Museumkaart; also free with the VriendenLoterij VIP-KAART, I amsterdam City Card, Rembrandtkaart and ICOM card. Online tickets are cheaper and can be rebooked free of charge but not canceled. From October 26, 2026, tickets are sold for the Schathuys only (winter rate in the ticket shop).

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

't Zuiderzeedorp is largely wheelchair-accessible, but not all of its historic lanes and houses are; a map with a wheelchair-friendly route is available at the ticket desk. In the Schathuys, elevators (130 × 250 cm) serve all exhibition rooms, and some staircases have stairlifts. The museum ferry is step-free and has room for five wheelchairs. A limited number of loan wheelchairs. Accessible parking spaces at the Entreepaviljoen (100 m from the entrance), at Compagniestraat 2 and next to the Schathuys (150 m to the entrance); with a disabled parking permit you can park anywhere in the town center. Quieter times: weekdays and before 12:00.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

In the village: old-fashioned games in the schoolyard, a dress-up chest with children's costumes, making clog boats (weekends, public holidays, holidays), the sticker hunt “Beestenboel” and jump ropes at the ropemaker's. In the Schathuys: an interactive tour with Marretje the talking seagull, the children's exhibition “Zee vol verhalen junior”, a treasure hunt, the puzzle game “Mysterie van het Schathuys”, a building studio and, on Wednesdays during the holidays, “Makerij Junior”. Family tours and children's birthday parties (ages 4–7 and 7–10) can be booked. During the 2026 fall holidays (October 10–25), an old Dutch fair.

Transport & parkering

Follow the ANWB signs “Zuiderzeemuseum”; GPS address Sluisweg 1, Enkhuizen. In peak season (July 4 – August 16 and October 10–25) the ferry runs every 15 minutes, otherwise about every 20 minutes, via Enkhuizen station; last return trip at 17:30. Private boats only under the visitor mooring arrangement in the Marker Haven, otherwise at the Compagnieshaven or the town harbor.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumsbutik

Self-service restaurant Het Amsterdamse Huis (daily 10:00–16:30), Café Hindeloopen on the dike (varying hours), “Friet & ijs” on weekends and during holidays, and the museum café in the Schathuys (daily 10:00–16:30). Museum shop. Pets not allowed (guide and assistance dogs only); children's scooters and balance bikes are not permitted on the grounds.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer
• Bryllupper / vielser

Weddings and parties at several locations on the grounds (including the Peperhuis, Café Hindeloopen, Koffiehuis Hoorn, Wieringer Kapel and Amsterdamse Huis), with cheaper wedding rates Monday to Wednesday. For companies: meeting rooms, staff outings, team building and client events.

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