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.
Activities agenda
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Sunday October 25th
Alegría & Trio Meviano
Vocal group Alegría presents a program full of joy, remembrance, and reflection with beautiful polyphonic singing. Together with the classical Trio Meviano, an atmospheric concert is created featuring light classical music, opera, operetta, and ballads.
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Sunday October 25th
Ensemble 4You Meerlo
The quartet consists of 3 wind instruments and a double bass. They play with an orchestra band. The repertoire is called “Unterhaltungsmusik”, in most cases of German origin; but they also play pop music. The audience appreciates the music as…
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 entirely maintained, managed, and organised by volunteers—our “residents”—people who love coming here and feel right at home at De Locht. Sign up as a volunteer and discover how you can contribute to our museum village, a place brimming with stories. Whether you enjoy working with visitors, organizing activities, or prefer to be active behind the scenes, there’s a role for you.
Featured this month: graphic designer
Would you like to put your creativity to work for our museum village, which is full of stories? If so, we would love to meet you.
Your effort makes the difference!
Museum village full of stories
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Box bed or carriage
In Open Air Museum de Locht you will find a box bed in the stable and in the best room of the farm. That is a small enclosed space, with curtains or doors in front of it. It was often built against the wall of the room or kitchen. Actually it is a large bricked-in…
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The Tour (2 of 3)
Personally, I think the tour is one of the most beautiful objects from this region, a typical country costume! I’m going to tell a story about that tour in a number of episodes in the context of “Closed but not locked”. This is part two. From 1860 until the Second World War, women carried a…
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