Museum Hindeloopen is your ticket to Hindeloopen's history. Learn about the city's past through art, furniture, and costumes inside a museum that's been open for more than 100 years.
Friesland's craft heritage shines through at the Museum Joure! During a visit you'll learn about the origins of Douwe Egberts coffee, the skill of Frisian clock makers, how Joure was the center of the clock industry in the early 19th century, and a number of other crafts like metalworking and printing!
In 1971, Gauke and Gretha Bootsma started a traditional Hindeloopen painting business. When their private collection of old skates became too big for them to handle at home, they founded the Frisian Ice Skating Museum to merge their two passions.
Since then, the museum has grown and is now home to the largest collection of ice skates in the world, alongside special exhibitions, dioramas, artworks, and archival material that tell the rich history of the Dutch connection to ice skating.
The museum is located in the old weigh house in the center of Workum. It is the starting point to discover and admire the Frisian town.
The Waaggebouw originated in the 15th century. In the heart of Workum there are three traditional buildings right next to each other representing the established order: - The Town Hall - The church - The Waaggebouw
The weighing house was the center of commerce of old. Here the weighmaster supervised the correct weights and measures. Now it houses the museum.