Ellert en Brammert is an
open-air museum
An open-air museum (or open air museum) is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts out-of-doors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings or a folk museum.
Definition
Open air is “the unconfined atmosphereâ ...
in
Schoonoord expositing the way people lived in
Drenthe at the time of the peat digging. It was named after a myth about the two giants
Ellert and Brammert
Ellert and Brammert are legendary giants from Dutch folklore who supposedly robbed travellers in Drenthe, Netherlands
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who prowled around the
Ellertsveld.
Openluchtmuseum Ellert Brammert
Stichting Internet Platform Drenthe. Retrieved on 25 April 2014.
File:Dakbedekking (4869078072).jpg, House
File:Plaggenhut voor jong gehuwden. De plaggenhut is afkomstig uit Schoonoord en staat nu in het Openluchtmuseum Ellert en Brammert te Schoonoord. - Schoonoord - 20355450 - RCE.jpg, House
File:Woning van een pas gehuwd paar (4868461395).jpg, House
File:Veenderijtje (4869073250).jpg, Peat digging
File:Kerkje (4869079514) (3).jpg, Protestant church
File:Dorpsgevangenis (4869080458) (3).jpg, Village prison
File:Hunebed (4868458111) (3).jpg, Hunebed
A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were somet ...
File:Schoolgebouw (4868461899).jpg, School interior
References
External links
Ellert en Brammert
official website of the museum
Coevorden
Museums in Drenthe
Open-air museums in the Netherlands
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