Northern Netherlands
Friesland
Leeuwarden

Fries Museum

The Fries Museum is a museum in , Netherlands. It has won the Global Fine Art Award which is sometimes nicknamed the Museum-Oscar.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Leeuwarden, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Frisian Museum”
  • Address: Wilhelminaplein 92, Leeuwarden, 8911BS
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fries Verzetsmuseum and Slieker Film.

Museum
Photo: Hannolans, CC0.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

Public building
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is a public building, which is situated 170 metres west of Fries Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Snakkerburen and Lekkum.

Village
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is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 225 in January 2017. is situated 2½ km northeast of Fries Museum.

Village
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is a village in municipality in the province of the . It had a population of around 405 in January 2017. De Bullemolen in marks the finishing point of the Elfstedentocht. is situated 3½ km northeast of Fries Museum.

Neighborhood
Photo: EmielH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km south of Fries Museum.

Fries Museum

Latitude
53.19945° or 53° 11′ 58″ north
Longitude
5.79435° or 5° 47′ 40″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
9F575QXV+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4554124938
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7911150
Wiki­data ID
Q848313
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Fries Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆրիս թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu Fries”
  • Chinese: “弗里斯博物館”
  • Chinese: “弗里斯博物馆”
  • Czech: “Fries Museum”
  • Dutch: “Fries Museum Leeuwarden”
  • Dutch: “Fries Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Frisa Muzeo”
  • French: “Musée frison”
  • German: “Fries Museum”
  • Italian: “Fries Museum”
  • Macedonian: “Фризиски музеј”
  • Polish: “Fries Museum”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Fryzji”
  • Portuguese: “Fries Museum”
  • Russian: “Fries Museum”
  • Russian: “Фрис Музей”
  • Slovak: “Fries Museum”
  • Slovenian: “Fries Museum”
  • Slovenian: “Frizijski muzej”
  • Spanish: “Fries Museum”
  • Spanish: “Museo Frisón”
  • Western Frisian: “Frysk Museum”

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