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Archeon (NL)

After 15 years of preparation, 1994 the first Dutch archaeological theme park opened in Alphen aan den Rijn, not far from The Hague, Utrecht and Amsterdam, an area which houses 6 million inhabitants. Archeon covers 10,000 years of human development in the Netherlands. From hunter-gatherers in the Stone Age and farmers in the Bronze and Iron Ages, through the Roman period and right up to everyday life in 1340 AD, “Archaeo-interpreters” show what life was like in “their time” in the 43 reconstructed buildings
The over 200,000 visitors per year are not only tourists and school groups: many themed parties are organised for groups between 20 and 800 participants. Archeon is more successful than any other traditional Dutch museum in informing about and promoting Dutch archaeology. The low threshold and the spectacle of course play a role in the success. The connection with science is an important point of attention for Archeon.
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Mesolithic campsite on waterside at Archeon |
Roman Bathhouse at Archeon |
Roman herbal garden at Archeon |
Roman Gladiators in action at Archeon |
View of the Medieval street at Gravendam,... |
Bone- and woodworker at Archeon |
Making beehyves at Archeon |
Working skin in the Mesolithic area of... |
A medieval street full of life at Archeon |
Overview over the medieval area at Archeon |
Roman ceremony at the temple, Archeon |
Fighting knights with horses, Archeon |
Exercising Roman soldiers at Archeon |
The blacksmith of Archeon |
Still street at the medieval Gravendam,... |
Iron Age small farmstead at Archeon |
TRB house at Archeon, Neolithic |
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