Open again on April 1
The Antiquity Room will be open to visitors again from April 1, 2024. From that date onwards we will also present an exciting new temporary exhibition. ..
Contact
Kogerstraat 1,
1791 EN Den Burg
telefoon: 0222-313135
info@oudheidkamertexel.nl
Administration:
info@oudheidkamertexel.nl
KvK Alkmaar nummer: 41239214
Btw nummer: NL002515362B01
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Bankrekening: NL46 RABO 0362599777 .. link
Aagje Luijtsen’s Letters
The history of the VOC (1602-1795) is generally told from the perspective of the men sailing aboard the ships. These stories portray the seafarers who sometimes travelled for years...
Historical museum
The Texel House of Antiquities is a small museum in the center of Den Burg. .. link
The herb garden
The House of Antiquities gives access to the smallest public herb garden in the Netherlands. .. link
Sleeping in the living room
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...
Cellar full of supplies
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