Museum · Leeuwarden · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Fries Museum is a museum in Leeuwarden, Frisia, Netherlands. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 14 of the 24 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 130 m you'll find a bench, a public toilet and a water point.
Audio tour · Fries Museum
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You're standing at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden, the museum of Friesland, on the square known as the Zaailand. This building is fairly new. Queen Máxima opened it on 13 September 2013, and on that day she also unveiled a poem by Tsead Bruinja in front of the entrance. See if you can spot it.
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Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
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Yes, the Museumkaart is valid.
Yes, according to OpenStreetMap it is wheelchair accessible.
Yes: a public toilet at 130 m and a water point at 130 m.
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