Museum village de Locht lives on stories. We collect stories from our volunteers, stories about the museum and stories about the past. New stories are added here regularly.
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The Tour (3 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 the third and final part. In mourning time, one year and six…
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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…
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The Tour (1 of 3)
Personally, I think the tour is one of the most beautiful objects from this region, a typical country costume! Yes, in the Venlo carnival parade on Tuesday afternoon, the posh ladies in peasant clothes march along, but in Venlo people have always worn “city” clothes. Carnival turns the world upside down, that’s why. We find…
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The secret of the blacksmith
When you walk through the crafts street in our museum you can sometimes hear the sound of iron on iron. Then our blacksmiths are at work in the forge. With a bellows, the blacksmith lights the coal-fired fire until the iron is red-hot (800 degrees). Each time he can then work the iron on the…
