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 April 26th
Asparagus day
On Sunday, April 26, Museum Village de Locht will be dedicated to asparagus. A great many activities are planned around this regional product. Today, you will get a complete overview of everything related to this seasonal vegetable: seed breeding, planting,…
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Sunday April 26th
Paper making
Making paper from recycled paper is a fun activity for children, as well as an educational and enjoyable one. All children love getting messy. Today, on this Asparagus Day, we are using dried asparagus peels, flowers, and leaves alongside recycled…
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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Counselor
The councilmaker and wheelwright may be two different professions: they built carts, wagons and carriages together. Sometimes in the same workshop. Making a wheel with spokes required special craftsmanship. For the spokes, straight-grained oak was selected from which these spokes were split, never sawn. It was important that the wood was very dry. Therefore, the
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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
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