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 June 14th
Einfach Böhmisch
Einfach Böhmisch is a small brass band from Heythuysen. “New” Bohemian brass music is interspersed with classic Egerländers and various crowd favorites. But always with Pepper and Salt… and their own unique twist. All this ensures that this band from…
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Sunday June 21st
Midsummer fair
The sun is at its highest, nature is at its most beautiful. The Midsummer festival has been around for centuries. We will celebrate this on Sunday, June 21, in Museum village de Locht and in the holistic center “Leef”, our…
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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Asparagus soup
The time of asparagus has come again. For the time being, we will not be able to serve delicious asparagus soup in our beautiful museum (last year 3250 cups of soup). That hurts a bit for the real enthusiast, as well as for the volunteers who want to take care of it with a lot…
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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