This open air museum is located in the most northern part of Friesland. Next to the Wadden Sea. One side of the dike is the museum. When you go over the dyke, you are at the Wadden Sea.
At the museum there are 5 houses: 4 of them are restored fishermen's houses and 1 is an exhibition space for various displays. Each house has a name:
Blaes
This house is named after a ship type upon which the fishermen went fishing. Up here you can find the entrance with a museumshop and you can buy a drink.
Logger
This house is also named after a ship type. It has been build in 1987 for various displays. Up here you can watch a film of about 9 minutes about the history of the village. Which is really interesting. And it doesn't feel like it is a 9 minute film.
Klaske's Huske
This was the house of Klaske van der Lei (1900-1986). She was the last female fish auctioneer of the Netherlands and Honorary Member of the museum. In 1995 the house is included to the museum and has been renovated in original state. Originally the house was ment for 2 families to live in. Under the house there used to be a well for raining water.
Aek
In this house you will find a permanent exhibition named 'Vissers van Wad en Gat'. On the left side of the building there are woodcarving and objects that reminds from the tragedy that happened in 1883. Due to bad weather 83 fishermen were drowned. There also is a display case of the life-boat station from Moddergat.
't Fiskershuske
This house gives you an image of how a fishinghouse along the Wadden shore looked like around 1850. The last residents of this house was the Lei family. This family with 8 children left the house in 1963.
It is really interested to see how people lived in the late 1800's/early 1900's. Also the houses are very small. Back in the days a family of 8 or 10 lived in such a small house. Today you can't believe it happened back then.
Accross this museum there is a dike. Way up this dike there is a monument of those fishermen who died in the bad weather in 1883. All names are on the monument. Even some children are on it. For some of those children it was the first time they came along with their father.
At the other side you can have a little stroll along the sea. On the dike there are sheep walking around, eating the grass.
Fiskerspaad 4-8a
9142 VN Moddergat
www.museummoddergat.nl
All pictures and video are my own.
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