#vestingsmuseum

[joseph-mansfield]

This one I took especially for the @vestingmuseum: a bit like Naarden, but a bit younger, a bit higher up, a lot more water, but the idea is the same. This is Fort Mackinac in Michigan; an important strategic spot for defense and trade in the 18th and 19th century. #travelswithscooby #fortmackinac #mackinacisland #vestingsmuseum (at Fort Mackinac) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgIlr2rLg-X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#travelswithscooby #fortmackinac #mackinacisland #vestingsmuseum

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Vestingsmuseum

(Fortress museum) "One of the best-preserved fortresses in the Netherlands’’

Location: Naarden, North-Holland, The Netherlands Price: 12,50 Duration: 1 - 2 hours Transport: 24 minuut walk from Naarden-Bussem station, I recommend renting a bike, the area is beautiful for biking. Language: Dutch, English  Activities: see in a fort, audio tour Date of visit: 4 May 2023 (may holliday) Website

When I talked about the Waterline museum, I already talked about forts and fortresses. But in short, a fortress is a fortified town that has the job of a fort as well as a town. These towns have beautiful star shaped moats around the city and the forts have grass fields on top. In these cities the old buildings are also usually well-preserved, so cities like that are always worth a visit. 

I wanted to go to a museum that kids wouldn't be interested in, since it is May holiday and kid friendly museums are swarmed in school breaks. Naarden already had my interest on Google Maps because of its perfectly shaped double moat around the city. I assumed the museum was like the waterlinie museum because It's kinda about the same theme, but I was quite wrong.

Left to time The museum feels old, outdated, they do have an audio tour but only put scanning locations for it on one half of the museum. And the audio tour tells you exactly what is on the signs, so only helpful if you need another language. It is not interactive, it felt like a lot of "homework" so much reading. So we kinda just started skipping it and looking at pictures. Some cannons or other things inside had no information, sometimes it looked like they just put it there for storage. I don't know what other feedback to give, I just got the vibe that I didn't really enjoyed myself or learned anything. 

Forts are always beautiful The fort itself is beautiful, you can climb on top and look over the water. The reasons forts are so full of grass is that cannonballs that hit grass don't really break anything, where if they would hit stone it would crumble. But that grass also needs to get cut for fire safety reasons. The grass fields go down pretty steep and with a straight fall down off it. A very dangerous job in which a man has already lost his life.

As a small museum, they didn't have the money to buy expensive automatic lawn mowers or drones. So they went back to basic, mountain goats! Good lawnmowers, cute, and these steep hills are nothing compared to the mountain edges they climb on. The city itself and the surroundings are beautiful. You don't need to go into this museum to still have a fun experience. Also, Naarden apparently has the smallest Albert Heijn in the country, So cute!

Would I pay the price: No, I think it's way too overpriced for what you get, considering cheaper museums that have the same theme but do better, like waterlinie. Would I revisit it: No, it wasn't really interesting Who do I recommend it to: No one tbh 

Interactive:         2 Educational:       2 Storytelling:        2 Price:                 2 Memorable:       1

Total score:       1,8

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Rankings

Musea Nederland - personal ranking (out of 5)

Naturalis 4,8

Het Spoorwegmuseum 4,4

Waterliniemuseum 4,4

Japanmuseum SieboldHuis 3,6

Oorlogsmuseum Overloon 3,6

Utrechts Archief 3,2

Kunsthal KAdE 3

Pluimveemuseum 3

Catharijneconvent 3

Stedelijk museum Alkmaar 3

Body Worlds Amsterdam 1,8

Het Mauritshuis 1,8

Vestingsmuseum 1,8

Musea Nederland - Recommendations for tourists

Oorlogsmuseum Overloon - second world war

Naturalis - animals

Waterliniemuseum - Dutch history

Het Mauritshuis - famous art

musea in size

Naturalis

Het spoorwegmuseum

Oorlogsmuseum Overloon

Catharijneconvent

pluimveemuseum

Bodyworlds

Het Mauritshuis

Japanmuseum SieboldHuis

Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar

waterliniemuseum

Vestingsmuseum

kunsthal KAdE

Utrechts Archief

musea in price

2,50 - Utrechts Archief

9,- - pluimveemuseum

10,- - Japanmuseum SieboldHuis

10,50 - waterliniemuseum

12,50 - vestegings museum

13,-   - kunsthal KAdE

13,50 - Stedelijk museum Alkmaar

15,-  - Catharijneconvent

16,50 - Oorlogsmuseum Overloon

17,- - Naturalis

17,50 - Het Spoorwegmuseum

19,-  - Het Mauritshuis

22,50 - Bodyworlds