What to do and see in Groningen Province, The Netherlands: The Best Museums

Artphy, space for (life)art in Westerwolde, in south-east Groningen. We are a foundation for modern art. Our expositions enable artists to show their work inside, and outside in the lanscape park.

Of the hundreds of steam pumping stations that once kept the Netherlands dry, nine have been preserved. The Stoomgemaal Winschoten Museum takes a unique position here as a pumping steam pumping station. It is the only one of the approximately 120 steam pumping stations in the province of Groningen that has been preserved. The steam pumping station was put out of operation in 1971 because the Hunge

The northern Maritime Museum is situated in two beautiful medieval buildings in Groningen. The museum shows the history of the ship transport in the north of the Netherlands and the history of Groningen. Additionally, you can visit changing art and history exhibitions throughout the year in our museum. To know how Groningen looked like in the Middle Ages, you can view the special virtual reconstruction of medieval Groningen.

Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam ( Amsterdam Peat Museum) is one of the most surprising museums in the province of Groningen. In the 17th century investors from Amsterdam invested their money in the enormous Bourtanger Moor. Peat (turf/veen) was brought by small vessels to city's like Amsterdam and Gouda.The museum not only tells about peatdigging, but also about the Golden Age of this region, the 19th century! The age when 60% of the Dutch fleet was located in little towns like Veendam, Wildervank and Pekela. They traded f.e.with the town of Riga. It also the century of Anthony Winkler Prins who wrote his encyclopaedia in Veendam and century of William Albert Scholten, the first multinational in the Netherlands. Succesfull in trading in potato starch, straw- and cardboard. Besides the (permanent) story of the region, the museum organizes interesting art and historical exhibitions.