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About this activity

Start your day in Amsterdam by picking up your train tickets at one of the designated points in the city. Make your way to Amsterdam Central station and catch the train to Enkhuizen. Sit back, relax and enjoy the beautiful, typical dutch scenery on your one hour train ride.

After your arrival in Enkhuizen the museum ferry will carry you across the IJsselmeer to the Outdoor Museum where you can take a walk through history.

The open-air section covers 15 acres and accommodates authentic buildings from the former Zuiderzee region, such as a church, a fish-curing shed, a mill, a cheese warehouse, shops and dwelling houses from the surrounding fishing villages.

You can help craftspeople in the Marker harbor making nets, produce a rope at the rope-maker’s workplace, give the housemaid a hand, or enter into a conversation with the ‘inhabitants’ from the former island of Urk.

At the Indoor Museum you will see temporary exhibitions displaying rich collections including the "Journey around the Zuiderzee." View highlights from the collection and hear personal stories of life in villages around the former Zuiderzee. Also be sure to visit the largest collection of wooden ships in the Netherlands.

With history, photography, traditional costume, design and an attractive and educational family exhibition, the Indoor Museum offers something for everyone.

Once you've finished touring the museum grounds catch the train back to Amsterdam or spend the remainder of the day in the historic village of Enkhuizen. Your train ticket is valid until midnight, so you can return at any time.