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 Museum
Website here.
The museum exhibits four bog
bodies and a number of related bog objects:
Assen is easily reached
from Amsterdam.You can check air fares and hotels at Travelocity.com:
