Brabants Museum Oud Oosterhout

About the museum

The museum was founded in the early 1990s on the initiative of the Oosterhout architect Frans van der Leeuw, who also designed the courtyard in the town centre. It shows how people in Brabant lived, housed themselves and worked roughly between 1900 and 1960, and today bears the name Brabants Museum Oud Oosterhout.

The centrepiece is the miniature park in the garden: 250 replicas at a scale of 1:20, built by volunteers, showing the town of Oosterhout around 1900 with houses, shops, churches, factories and tanneries. The circular route follows the line of the former steam tram of the Zuider Stoomtramweg Maatschappij. In the Flemish Barn, built from the original beams of a barn from 1739 from Dorst, around twelve old crafts are demonstrated, including cooperage, blacksmithing, clog making and tanning. A former drying barn of a brickworks houses vehicles from the past.

In the indoor museum, visitors enter a Brabant living room with a box bed, a print shop from 1916, a classroom, a “Roman Catholic corner” and the mayor's room with the original furniture of a former mayor. There are also collections of flat irons and scales, earthenware from the Oosterhout factory De Toekomst, and the Abraham organ from 1925. In the coffee room there is an old-fashioned sweet shop with the famous Oosterhout cinnamon stick.

Highlights

• Miniature park with 250 buildings at a scale of 1:20 (Oosterhout around 1900)
• Flemish Barn with around twelve old crafts
• Print shop from 1916 and Brabant living room with a box bed
• Abraham organ from 1925
• Old-fashioned sweet shop with Oosterhout cinnamon stick

Permanent exhibitions

• Miniaturenpark Oosterhout um 1900 – 250 miniatures built by volunteers at a scale of 1:20, showing the houses, shops, churches, factories and tanneries of the town; the circular route follows the line of the former steam tram.
• Innenmuseum – Brabant living room with a box bed, print shop from 1916, classroom, mayor's room and display cases with cultural heritage.
• Flämische Scheune – Barn made of original beams from 1739 with around twelve old crafts such as cooperage, blacksmithing and clog making.

Operated by

Stichting Brabants Museum Oud-Oosterhout

Admission & discounts

Prices 2026 (valid until 31 December 2026). Free with Museumkaart and Veteranenpas; the VriendenLoterij VIP-Kaart is not valid. Event rate €6 (adults and children from 13 years), children aged 4 to 12 €5.

Accessibility

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

According to the museum, very good wheelchair access both in the building and in the outdoor area. Dogs are allowed on a lead.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Hands-on stations
• Playground / play area

Two treasure hunts (photo hunt up to 9 years, puzzle hunt from 9 years), old Dutch games such as stilt walking and hoop rolling, a large playground with a locomotive, and miniature trains reminiscent of the former steam tram.

Getting there & parking

Address: Bredaseweg 129, 4904 SB Oosterhout.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop
• Wi-Fi

Coffee room with coffee, tea, soft drinks, cake, apple pie and toasted sandwiches, as well as an old-fashioned sweet shop; free Wi-Fi.

Events & venue rental

Group packages on request; lunch possible by arrangement.

Plan your visit