A museum village
Full of stories
Be inspired by the past
Discover the stories and traditions of the past at De Locht. The museum breathes the atmosphere of a small traditional North Limburg village. A museum village full of stories about how people lived in the countryside, but also what clothes they wore, what they ate and how it was grown and prepared.
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Activities agenda
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Sunday February 22nd
Make a bird surprise
We are going to help the birds to get through the winter. In this cold period, birds use a lot of energy to keep themselves warm. In winter, they find little food such as insects, berries and seeds, especially when…
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Sunday February 22nd
Munttrio
The Munt Trio, consisting of Mariska Rijk (violin), Katrien Heerkens (flute), and Marcel Kuepers (piano), ranges in music from Baroque to Classical, through Romantic to more modern works. They are complemented by Ria Janssen on vocals. Prepare to be amazed…
Plan your visit
Prices and opening times
View our current opening times and admission fees and plan your visit.
Food and drinks
In our restaurant De Hoeve we serve, along coffee and vlaai (pie), various drinks and lunch dishes.
Feel at home
Feel at home
Our museum village is fully maintained, managed and organised by volunteers, our residents; people who like to come here and feel at home at De Locht. Register as a volunteer and discover how you can contribute to our museum village full of stories. Whether you want to be a guide, make exhibitions or are rather active behind the scenes.
Your efforts make a difference!
Museum village full of stories
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Quite a job! Construction of the agricultural barn 1993
At the municipality, they knew that we were working intensively on the museum. The industrial estate was expanded, and the Janssen farm (Verdellenplaats) had to make way for this expansion. It was an old building, so we received an offer from the municipality to move the old barn, as far as possible. Thijs Pubben from
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Baker
People baked bread themselves, usually on a fixed day of the week. A time-consuming job. Until someone who had a larger oven started baking the neighbours’ bread. Some time later, someone started baking the dough supplied by the entire neighbourhood. The next step: this man started kneading dough himself, baking bread and selling it from
Experiences
“Nice and relaxed museum. Great that you can and may come close to everything. A true gem in the Netherlands”
Dick and Cindy
“Very surprising! Informative and back to our youth. A lot to see!”
Marcel and Esther
“Really nice museum. The seventies expo brings back youth memories. Nice to review everything from our own history.”
Suzan