Menkemaborg, Groningen Province, The Netherlands
4.5 (64 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Uithuizen Speciality Museums • Architectural Buildings
Lovely historical building, beautifully decorated, in a large garden
We visited this site a few times, every time we enjoyed our visit very much. It is a beautiful furnished mansion, in the East-Northern part of Holland in the village of Uithuizen, called a 'Borg" with a lovely garden surrounded by a moat. You get a very good impression of life here in the 18th century. There are a number of rooms to visit with description. There is also an old stable which is turned into a restaurant, very cosy. Including a drink or lunch in the restaurant, the mansion and garden a visit takes about 2,5 hours. Admission fee is € 7,50 p.p.
Address
Menkemaweg 2, 9981 CV Uithuizen The Netherlands
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Website
http://www.menkemaborg.nl/en/
Current local date and time now
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 2:02
User Ratings
4.5 based on (64 reviews)
Reviews
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5GDelft 5:00 PM Sep 24, 2016
Museum pedagogy at its best
This is the best audio tour we had for years - Museum pedagogy at its best. It used carefully selected text and actors to introduce the Mansion in a very vivid way, e.g. incoporating French words here and there. The site is worth a visit for people interested in history and in everyday story. The house made a feeling of the inhabitants just went away for a garden tour. In the cellar, you even had the smell of real apples, since they were storing apples from the current season there (and you could buy some very rare sorts of apples at the ticket box). The service from the people of the museum was excellent, from the opening of the door, when they saw you approaching to offering some extra hints on playing music from the audio tour to being interested from where you come from. Very well intested time and definitely worth a visit for us!
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4Robert O 5:00 PM Jun 22, 2019
How 18th century Groninger elite lived
A stone in the facade mentions 1614 as the year of repair; 1400 as the year it was destroyed (vernelt). Once a fortified farmhouse the structure transitioned into a mansion. Some even call it a castle, perhaps because of the moat that surrounds it. Since 1921 the borg is in possession of the Groninger museum. Not just the outside, but also the 18th century interior looks very well maintained. Indeed as if the original inhabitants could walk in any moment. What I missed is a depiction of how the poor farm workers lived in the days of the super rich Alberda family that inhabited the borg. The family owned the land that was tilled by the workers at a pittance. Untill the 1800s these workers lived in huts. No wonder socialism caught on in these areas. Entrance fee 7,5€, a staggering 5€ for the garden only. Still low-income people are excluded.
