The
Drents Museum in Assen
is surely one of the most beautifully decorated museums in the
world. It also houses one of the better bog mummy collections.
This isn't surprising, considering that it is located in prime
bog country, in the northern Netherlands. Many finds (both
human and object) over the years are housed there and make the
museum well worth a visit.
Two other things are
particularly appealing about the museum: (1) the interior
decoration is phenomenal: colorful tiles, columns, ceilings
are all done in original Art Nouveau style; (2) the eclectic
nature of the collection, which ranged from Dutch folk art and
crafts (as reflected in everyday life of the province) to
historic rooms with period decorations to an extensive art
nouveau collection to (of course) bog mummies. The museum
itself is a conglomeration of four historic houses, and the
museum cafe is a turn-of-the-century art nouveau classic. Highly
recommended!
You
can visit the
here.
The museum
exhibits four bog bodies and a number of related bog objects:
