Landbouwmuseum De Nostalgie
Private local history museum in Uikhoven with agricultural machines, tractors and objects from farm life in the Maasland of the past.
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About the museum
Landbouwmuseum De Nostalgie is a local history museum in Uikhoven, a sub-municipality of Maasmechelen. It was founded by Ivo Smeets, a resident of Maasmechelen and a former carnival participant. He was inspired by a Heimat museum in Austria and built a museum in his own surroundings. In 2026 the museum celebrated its fifteenth anniversary.
The collection shows farm life in the Maasland of the past. You see agricultural machines and tractors, overalls, old firefighters' suits and helmets, and a model of a church. Part of the spare parts, which previously stood in a café in Herbricht (Lanaken), was lost in the last flood of the Meuse.
The museum is a private initiative. According to reports from April 2026, the municipality of Maasmechelen is looking into how it could take over the running of the museum later, when the founder stops; no decision has been taken yet.
Highlights
- Agricultural machines and tractors from the Maasland
- Overalls and everyday objects from farm life in the past
- Old firefighters' suits and helmets
- Model of a church
Permanent exhibition
- Boerenleven in het Maasland – Agricultural machines, tractors, overalls, firefighting equipment and a church model show what daily life in the Maasland looked like in the past.
- Operated by
- Ivo Smeets (privé-initiatief)
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