Veenkoloniaal Museum, Veendam

Name: Veenkoloniaal Museum
Address: Museumplein 5, Veendam, 9641 AD, Netherlands
Telephone: +31 598 364 224

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Veenkoloniaal Museum is a regional museum in the village of Veendam in the Netherlands. The museum shows the history of the peat district in Groningen. In 2008–2017, the museum had between 20,000 and 29,000 visitors annually. ()

Alternative names: Established: 15 December 1939 (85 years ago)Visitors per year: 24.7 thous.Coordinates: 53°6'26"N, 6°52'33"E

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Museumplein 5Veendam 9641 AD Netherlands

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+31 598 364 224

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Nearby attractions include: Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum, De Eendracht, Midden-Groningen, Stichting Himalayan Sorig Foundation.

3.6 miN
Museum, Specialty museum
Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum
92 min walk • Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum is a railway museum in Zuidbroek, Netherlands. It is situated in the 19th-century building of the Zuidbroek railway station. In 2011, the Province of Groningen provided a subsidy of 100,000 euro for the restoration of the station building and the exploitation of the museum.
5.7 miS
Windmill
De Eendracht
145 min walk • De Eendracht is a tower mill in Gieterveen, Drenthe, the Netherlands. It was built in 1904 and is listed as a Rijksmonument, No. 16132.
5.4 miNW
Town
Midden-Groningen
138 min walk • Midden-Groningen is a municipality with a population of 60,953 in the province of Groningen, Netherlands. The municipality was formed by the merger of former municipalities of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Slochteren and Menterwolde on 1 January 2018 in the context of the municipal redivision in the province of Groningen 2013-2018.
1.2 miS
53°5'27"N • 6°52'11"E
Stichting Himalayan Sorig Foundation, Veendam
30 min walk • Temple
4.7 miE
Locality
Pekela
121 min walk • Pekela is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was created in 1990 when Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged.
0.5 miW
Sport, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
De Langeleegte, Veendam
13 min walk • De Langeleegte is a multi-use stadium in Veendam, Netherlands. It is currently not in use as it was the home stadium of SC Veendam which was dissolved in 2013. The stadium is able to hold 6,500 people and was built in 1954, with major renovations taking place in 1998.