Het Oertijdmuseum, North Brabant Province, The Netherlands
4.5 (178 reviews) Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Ranking #1 in Boxtel Speciality Museums • Natural History Museums
Amazing
The Museum of Prehistory (Oertijdmuseum) in Boxtel is the Netherlands’ largest geology museum. Here, you will learn all about prehistoric times and can walk among life-size dinosaurs and other extinct species! The remarkable fossils on display take you back ages, while the lovely Prehistory Garden (Oertijdtuin) offers ‘living fossils’ and also plenty of amazing trees and bushes. Add to this the playground and exciting Prehistoric Forest (Oertijdwoud), and this educational museum is a fantastic day out for families with children aged between 4 and 12. As one of our young explorers put it: “We’ve had another great day here, plenty to see and do!” A modern way of experiencing the past Open from 10:00 to 17:00 Tuesdays to Sundays, this museum offers several special packages for children’s parties and also lays on up-to-the-moment themed evenings. Although this is a museum all about things from a very long time ago, visitors can have a surprisingly modern experience here by turning up for a Pokémon Go evening, when they can use the DinohunterBoxtel app to hunt dinosaurs through the village of Boxtel! The museum is the pride and joy of the village and this augmented reality dinosaur hunt is the perfect way to appeal to 21st-century explorers. Something else this museum has to offer is fun scavenger hunts. Country park The museum also houses the visitor centre for Het Groene Woud (The Green Forest), which is a country park in the triangle between ’s-Hertogenbosch, Tilburg and Eindhoven. Here, you can dive into history, hop on a bike for a gorgeous ride through the landscape, enjoy the authentic local produce, strike out on a hot-air balloon adventure or stay for one or more nights locally: there is so much to see and do between these cities. Museum shop and museum café The museum shop offers all kinds of fossils, gemstones, jewellery, books and cuddly toys, but also maps of walking routes and cycle paths through Het Groene Woud country park. Treat yourself to a snack o...
Address
Bosscheweg 80, 5283 WB Boxtel The Netherlands
Mobile
Website
http://www.oertijdmuseum.nl
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 23:33
User Ratings
4.5 based on (178 reviews)
Reviews
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5RHAHJ 5:00 PM Jan 1, 2020
Large fossil collection
After reading all the other reviews, I was afraid that this might be just for children, but one comment mentioning "dusty showcases" gave me hope. The museum website also says that it is for young and old, and it mentioned a large collection. I found out that a large part of this collection is on display. The fossils, minerals, and some contemporary skeletons come from all over the world. There's trilobites, fish fossils, dinosaur bones, cave bears, mammoths, sawfish, eggs, coprolites, and much more. Some acquisitions come from China, others from Argentine or Morocco. Outside is a park with life-size models of dinosaurs, a pterodactylus, cave bears, a large amphibian, etc.. In total there are more than 100 such models. In the restaurant you can get a tosti, a worstebroodje, some soda or coffee/tea from a machine. You can easily spend an afternoon in this place.
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4MissMountain76 5:00 PM Sep 4, 2020
Interesting museum for all dino fans
We visited the Oertijdmuseum when we were staying in the south of the Netherlands for a few days. Our 7 -year old son had a really good time! He kept yelling 'wow, look at this!'. This is always a good sign ;-) His favorite parts were the hall with the huge dinosaur skeletons and the dino mockups in the park outside. We adults also enjoyed all the fossils in the inside part of the museum. It was very cool to see the scientists, who do their research at the museum, while they were working. Older kids will enjoy reading the descriptions and really learning about prehistoric animals, while younger kids will love seeing all the dino statues in the park. To really enjoy this museum to the fullest, make sure to visit on a day when it's not raining so you can see the outside area as well.
