Veenkoloniaal Museum
Veenkoloniaal Museum is a regional museum in the village of Veendam in the Netherlands. The museum shows not only the history of the peat district in Groningen.Photo: Fransvannes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Veendam, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Veenkoloniaal museum”
- Address: Museumplein 5, Veendam, 9641AD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Veendam railway station and Wildervank railway station.
Veendam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veendam is an unstaffed railway station in Veendam in the Netherlands. It is located on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway after Zuidbroek as the present-day line terminus. Veendam railway station is situated 730 metres east of Veenkoloniaal Museum.
Wildervank railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wildervank railway station is situated 2½ km south of Veenkoloniaal Museum.
Tussen de Venen
Park
Tussen de Venen is a park, which is situated 3 km northwest of Veenkoloniaal Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wildervank and Muntendam.
Wildervank
Village
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Wildervank is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Veendam, about 3 km south of the centre of Veendam itself. Wildervank is situated 2½ km south of Veenkoloniaal Museum.
Muntendam
Village
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Muntendam is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the Dutch province of Groningen. The village has a population of 4,635. Muntendam had been an independent parish since the Middle Ages, but until 1840 it was ecclesiastically part of Zuidbroek. Muntendam is situated 3 km north of Veenkoloniaal Museum.
Borgercompagnie
Village
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Borgercompagnie is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It consists of a single street with farms and houses on both sides. The village is about 7 km long. Borgercompagnie is situated 3½ km west of Veenkoloniaal Museum.
Veenkoloniaal Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Veendam Municipality, Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.10716° or 53° 6′ 26″ northLongitude
6.876° or 6° 52′ 34″ eastOpen location code
9F584V4G+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1197653245OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2491328
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Dutch—“Veenkoloniaal Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “芬殖民地博物館”
- Chinese: “芬殖民地博物馆”
- Dutch: “Veenkoloniaal Museum Veendam”
- Dutch: “Veenkoloniaal Museum”
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Highlights include Museumplein and vanBeresteyn.
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