preHistorisch Dorp, North Brabant Province, The Netherlands
4.5 (165 reviews) Temporarily closed - Closed until Mar 31, 2023 Spent More than 3 hours Ranking #7 in Eindhoven Speciality Museums • Children's Museums • History Museums
Good experience
The preHistorisch Dorp in Eindhoven is the replica of a prehistoric village, complete with dwellings and demonstrations of skills used by historic people. The open-air museum recreates life from this and later eras, including Roman and early medieval. Find out how the Romans lived, meet militant Batavians, visit farmers from the Iron Age and go on a hunt in the prehistoric times. At the preHistorisch Dorp, interpreters dressed in historical clothes bring the history of this province to life, going about everyday tasks and interacting with visitors in programs and workshops. These might include learning to make a fire as prehistoric people did, baking bread on a stick, or learning how to make a Roman fibula (garment pin). Prehistoric farming methods, hand weaving and spinning, metalwork, and other skills are demonstrated and discussed here. Although very engaging for children, this is an experience for all ages.
Address
Boutenslaan 161B , Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Mobile
Website
http://prehistorischdorp.nl/
Working hours
Opening Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 23:13
User Ratings
4.5 based on (165 reviews)
Reviews
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5wanderwoman424 5:00 PM Oct 14, 2021
History made fun
Although the place is geared to show children something about their distant ancestors, it can also be interesting for adults. There is an audio guide that explains somewhat more fully what the building were used for, what the inhabitants at the time did re made. Archeologically accurate buildings are arranged around open spaces, with ample room for kids to play games related to the eras. The didactic material may be wasted on the kids, but I found the place well worth the visit.
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5minsterman66 5:00 PM Aug 31, 2011
Delightful and unexpected gem.
We had previously been to the Open Air Museum in Arnhem and enjoyed it, but the website for this one intrigued us as it covered different time periods. The directions were not bad, but watch out for the parking area as it outside a local diving school test track and the exit is a bit tricky. However, once we we found the entrance, the pricing was very reasonable. There was information available in English and we were told that the staff, who were in costume, would speak English as a matter of course. Those staff were very well informed and polite and our kids had a great time cutting wood in the Iron Age village as well as collecting local, well marked plants, to make an infusion that would have been drunk at that time. The young lady in the workhouse, was very eloquent and spoke better English than I do as we quizzed her about the candle making our children were doing. The viking long hut was an eye opener too with costumes for the boys to try on and swords to swing ... under supervision of course. All in all an excellent three hours. Thoroughly recommended.
