The House of Antiquities on Texel is closed, according to the instructions from the government concerning the prevention of the spreading of the corona virus. Unfortunately, due to the...
What do a fleam, clyster syringe, pill box and wooden stethoscope have in common? They are all instruments used by doctors in earlier times. In 2019, you can acquaint yourself with the Texel doctors and .. link
In the living room, you find an authentic, seventeenth century ‘bedstede’ (box bed). One slept half sitting up, because it was believed that this was essential for a healthy...
Freezers didn’t exist and canning only became popular around 1890. Till then, meat and vegetables were salted in earthen pots. They stand shoulder to shoulder in the cellar of the ‘Oudheidkamer’. The cellar, the coolest .. link