Netherlands Open Air Museum

Netherlands Open Air Museum
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
Houses from the Zaan region
Netherlands Open Air Museum is located in Gelderland
Netherlands Open Air Museum
Location in Gelderland in the Netherlands
Established1912 (1912)
LocationSchelmseweg 89
Arnhem, Netherlands
Coordinates52°0′38″N 5°54′37″E / 52.01056°N 5.91028°E / 52.01056; 5.91028
TypeOpen-air museum
Visitors509,000 (2013)[1]
DirectorPieter-Matthijs Gijsbers
PresidentJeroen van der Veer
Websiteopenluchtmuseum.nl/en

The Netherlands Open Air Museum (Dutch: Nederlands Openluchtmuseum) is a national open-air museum located in Arnhem. It focuses on the culture associated with the everyday lives of ordinary people, and demonstrating the old way of life in the Netherlands.

The park was established on 24 April 1912, and opened to the public in July 1918.

  1. ^ (in Dutch) 509.000 Bezoekers voor Openluchtmuseum Archived 2015-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (press release), Netherlands Open Air Museum, 2013. Retrieved on 28 June 2014.