Challenge - stay home, share 3 travel photos - museums

in GEMS4 years ago

There are a few museums that I don't mind visiting over and over again. They either change their expositions, so there is always something new to see or their permanent exposition is so interesting and catchy that I enjoy seeing it again.

Today, I'd like to show you three of my favorite museums as another contribution to the 'Stay home, share 3 travel photos' challenge.

Let's start!

OPENLUCHTMUSEUM in Arnhem

This museum features folk architecture, culture and traditions. It's opened all year long and there are special activities for every season, so it is worth to visit it more than once. I would suggest to book a whole day for your visit as there are so many things to do!

The typical Dutch farms, houses, windmills, and shops are originals and have been moved from their original places to the museum after they would otherwise have been torn down to make way for a railway, motorway, or just newer buildings. This museum keeps them alive for us to know how people lived back them.

We visited a wheelwright workshop, various farmhouses, a labourer's cottage, historical bridge, several mills with various functions, a converted luxurious farmhouse, a cafe, a couple of shops and we even tried on Dutch wooden shoes klompen! And I must admit that I almost bought a pair of them 🙂

In one of the houses that you could enter was a lady sitting inside who would tell you a story about that particular house. The lady was passionate and knowledgeable and told us many stories about the place. The house consisted of one room that was used by 11 people! Can you imagine that? They had two small beds. People slept in a sitting position and you could fit 4-5 people in one such bed. Those who didn't fit slept on the ground - bad luck! The interesting solution was that that babies were put in the ladders of the cupboards as well.

If you're interested in the history then this is the right place for you to visit. We spent there almost all day and only managed to see about half of the exposition. I will gladly go there again to see the rest.

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SMILESTONES- Miniature world at the Rhine Falls

Smilestones is the biggest in-door miniature world exhibition in Switzerland which covers an area of seven tennis courts. I am lucky to live just a few minutes away from this interesting place but unfortunately it's been closed for several months like any other museum.

The current exhibition stretches over an area of 130 sqm from Säntis to the Rhine Falls. But this is not all! There is another half of the museum which is being prepared for visitors. Once you enter the main area you will be amazed with the amount of work that was invested in this place. Even the tiniest objects have great details, and everything is placed with absolute precision.

There are 80 trains going around, 400 cars, trucks and buses, 15000 figures, 400 houses and bridges and many more. It's like you would be walking in the places that you know, but this time they would be on the scale of 1:87. The figures are about 1 cm tall. It's a true mini world.

The exhibition is fascinating! It doesn't only show places and people, but it also tackles some important environmental issues, such as waste and water pollution.

If you ever come to visit the Rhine falls, make sure to walk up the hill and visit this museum too. You won't regret it! It's a perfect place for family with kids. We took there our 2 years old niece and she loved it!

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BREWERY at Onze Lieve Vrouw of Koningshoeven Abbey

Well, this isn't technically a museum as it's a functional Abbey and the brewery distributes its beer all over the world but in the weekend you can book a tour and let yourself inspire by the interesting history of this place, its monks and the brewery. You can also taste their beer!

The Abbey was established at the end of the 19th century when the sheep barn was converted into temporary monastery. The Trappists wanted to support charitable causes but their needed some income to achieve it, and this is how the brewery started. They became successful and within ten years they earned money to build their new abbey as well. Nowadays, The Koningshoeven Brewery is one of the few true Trappist breweries in the world.

They are able to produce 9 million liter of beer each year. The money that the brothers currently earn is mainly used to renovate two local schools in Uganda and provide them with clean and safe drinking water. They also support several projects in The Netherlands.

During the excursion of the brewery you will learn about the production process and you will also understand how it was brewed in the past and how it is brewed today. All ingredients in the productions are local (hop, barley and yeast) and the monks produce 9 varieties of beer. I learned so much about beer and its production during our tour. I had no idea that the process was so complicated!

After the excursion you can visit The Tasting Room and drink some beer or you can visit Abbey gift shop where you can purchase various products made in different monasteries as well.

Are you tempted? I feel like going there again as soon as I can!

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Thank you for reading!

Cheers!
Martina

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