Arnhem, NL Open Air Museum Photos

Arnhem Open Air Museum, located north of the city of Arnhem, uses a large variety of authentic buildings moved to the site to capture the experience of everyday life in the Netherlands in past centuries. Most of the buildings are open to visitors, and interiors are furnished with artifacts true to the era and location from which they came. The museum also has a large collection of pantograph trams which use overhead wires as their power source. The museum provides transportation via trams to take visitors around the large site.

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Windmills at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Windmill at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Farmhouse from Giethoorn at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Farmhouse from Giethoorn at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Bright colors & decorations typical of farmhouses from Staphorst area at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Large cabinet placed next to doorway typical of farmhouse from Staphorst are at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Wind-driven sawmill (c1690) from Numansdorp at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Side view of Wind-driven sawmill from Numansdorp at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Shipyard dock at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Village houses at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Drawbridge, Ouderkerk, aan de Amstel (19thC) which required fees both from captains needing the bridge to open & pedestrians wanting to cross at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Detail of drawbridge counterweight mechanism at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Drawbridge allowing access to village at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Chains used to open drawbridge & list of tolls at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Village beyond Ouderkirk, aan de Amstel drawbridge at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Village view with windmill, mill pond & lifting footbridge at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Courtyard of house (1899) with prosperous owner at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	House of prosperous owner with traditional Dutch roofline at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Ornately carved board (1822) above front door of prosperous home at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Delft tile fireplace surround inset with coal stove at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Bread bakery with sign & ornate carving over the entrance at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Work shed with sign for tar & grease at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Fisherman's cottage (1807) from Marken which typically had an open fire in living room but no chimney, the smoke escaping through a hatch in the roof at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Brick houses with ceramic tile roofs at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Street car 520 for transporting visitors around the large site at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Tram 520 with pantograph to bring power from overhead wires to the vehicle at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Modern electric powered tram 631 at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	"Work wagon" tram for maintenance at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Tram 274 that operated in Den Haag (1921-60) at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Tram that operated in Den Haag (1921-60) with Willem II cigarette ad on the side at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Tram 903 at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Tram at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Tram 76 at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Tram 631 with pantograph poised to enter barn at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Tram collection in rail shed at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Van Gend & Loos rail boxcars once owned by company involved in landmark EU law case (1963) at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Dairy factory (1879) from Veenwouden which marked a major development in cheese making by moving the process from farm to factory at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Cheese making equipment in Veenwouden dairy factory at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Cheese making equipment in Veenwouden dairy factory at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Cheese making equipment in Veenwouden dairy factory at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Steam engine power equipment in Veenwouden dairy factory at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Windmill in pastoral setting at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Thatched roof farmhouse at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Apple tree in fruit at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Workshop at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Shipping box such as those used in 1950's by the many Dutch people emigrating to Canada at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Landscape with houses at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	"Nodding donkey" (1957) from Rotterdam used after oil was discovered in the Netherlands at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

"Nodding donkey" used after WWII when significant oil fields were discovered in the Netherlands at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Chapel from 's-Heerenoek (1672) at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Characteristically Dutch roof line & simple bell tower on Chapel from 's-Heerenoek at Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Simply designed two story dwelling with ceramic roof at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Simple building whose thatched roof structure, technically called eves, extends significantly beyond exterior wall, likely employed to help protect building from rainfall, at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Field of hop plants growing on stakes whose flowers are an essential ingredient in beer at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Tram carrying visitors from one attraction to another at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Four workers' houses from Tilburg illustrating how living conditions, hygiene & understanding of public health improved from 1860 to 1970 at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Syrup barn (c1800) from Terstraten where farmers produced apple & apple-pear syrup from their surplus fruit at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Indonesian Yard (2004) with elements typical of dwellings in the former Dutch East Indies created by people who have ties to that era at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Indonesian Yard with a mixture of Indonesian & Western objects at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Indonesian Yard which reflects the kind of Indonesian elements which could have been in Dutch dwellings during the occupation of Indonesia (which ended in 1949) at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Thatched roof building with formal garden at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Village buildings & post-mill viewed from a distance at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Post-Mill (c1665) from Huizen used to grind grain for 250 years reflecting the durability & efficiency of its design at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Post-Mill (c1665) from Huizen at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.

Windmill at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.	Building with metal roof with design created with thatching at Arnhem Openlucht Museum. Arnhem, Netherlands.