Huizer Museum Het Schoutenhuis

About the museum

The Huizer Museum tells the history of Huizen, a former fishing village on the old Zuiderzee, and increasingly widens its scope to the Gooi region. It is housed in the Schoutenhuis on the Achterbaan, in the old village core. The building goes back to the front house of a 17th-century farm on the edge of the historic fishermen's quarter; in the 19th century it was extended with an extra storey, and part of it served the municipality as a meeting place and the bailiff as a residence.

After being converted into two residential and commercial buildings in 1920, the building was demolished in 1994 and rebuilt in the 19th-century style. Since then it has served as a museum, which also houses the tourist information office (VVV) and the archive of the Historische Kring Huizen.

The collection includes one of the more important collections of traditional costumes in the Netherlands, paintings by artists of the Laren School who worked in Huizen, and a tile panel from the De Driehoek pottery that was saved when the factory was demolished. Changing exhibitions take up current themes; the museum also offers village walks, guided tours and programmes for schools.

Highlights

• Huizen costume and costume presentations
• Paintings of the Laren School from Huizen
• Tile panel from the De Driehoek pottery
• Village walks through the old village centre
• Museum shop with tourist information

Operated by

Stichting Huizer Museum

Admission & discounts

Free with the Museumkaart and for Friends of the Huizer Museum. The BankGiro Loterij VIP Card and the Rembrandtkaart are not valid. The museum shop is accessible without an admission ticket.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum is wheelchair accessible and has a lift; there is a disabled parking space in front of the building.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide

Children are expressly welcome; every changing exhibition comes with activities for children, plus two weathervane puzzle routes through the old village centre (for ages 5 to 9 and 10 to 12). There is an extensive educational offer for schools.

Getting there & parking

Signs on all approach roads in Huizen point the way to the museum in the old village centre.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop with souvenirs, books, Delft Blue and regional products; also a VVV tourist information office. Coffee and tea are served during guided tours and group arrangements.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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