Museum Martena

The history of Franeker

What a lovely old building and what a excellent collection about the history of the old city of Franeker.

For history about Franeker

For history about Franeker is this the place to be about the university in 1800 and different paintings about Franekerfrom different frisian painters

Eclectic collection, interesting tour

The tour of this old building covered local history, the old university and a number of historical figures. Well put together and the tour was well given by our guide. Worth the hour the tour took.

Hidden history

The museum reveals a lot about the Dutch and even Spanish history. The city Franeker had a university between 1600 and 1800 and much of the people and their stories are recorded and on display. Even N...

Museum about the history of Franeker

Franker had one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. This and more about the history of the old and beautiful city of Franeker (12500 inhabitants).