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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Thursday October 16th
LochtKids: “Full of adventure!”
In keeping with this year’s Children’s Book Week theme, “Full of Adventure,” we’re organizing a fun activity during the fall break. Your adventure begins with an exciting scavenger hunt through Museum Village de Locht. Find the old sock with the…
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Sunday October 19th
Taste the mushroom!
Come and sample mushrooms at Museum village de Locht. Besides button mushrooms, we’ll introduce you to other, lesser-known edible mushrooms. What do they look like? Do they taste raw? Come and sample them at “Steeltje,” the restaurant in the Mushroom…
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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Expressions
From the 14th century onwards, the Aldermen’s Bench (predecessor of the current College of Mayor and Aldermen) exercised local government. The Aldermen’s Bench consisted of seven, nine or eleven persons appointed by the local lord of the castle. The task of the Aldermen’s Bench was, among other things, to record everything administratively, to appoint the…
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Cooper
A cooperage is a workshop where the cooper makes wooden tubs, barrels or casks. But also buckets, cheese moulds, dishes, milk and beer jugs, tubs and bacon tubs, and churns. The former kitchen equipment came partly from the cooper. The invention of making a barrel from one to two tapered planks comes from the Celtic…
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