The Katwijks Museum is located in the centre of Katwijk, at about 200 metres from the beach
Katwijks Museum
Voorstraat 46
2225 ER Katwijk ZH
Tel. +31714013047
Bank: NL 69 RABO 0391809555
VAT: NL 803878138B01
Chamber of Commerce: 41166458
General: info@katwijksmuseum.nl
Board (via secretary): secretaris@katwijksmuseum.nl
Sales and Marketing: pr@katwijksmuseum.nl
By train
Leiden Central Station, and then go on by bus
By bus
From outside Leiden Central Station, take bus 431 (R-net) and get off at bus stop Katwijk Centrum, or take bus 90 from Leiden Central Station (direction Boulevard) and get off at bus stop Nieuw Brittenburg.
From Lisse, take bus 90 to Boulevard and get off at bus stop Nieuw Brittenburg.
By car
From A44, exit 8, signed Leiden/Valkenburg/Katwijk, via N206.
Paid parking available in the underground car parks on Boulevard and in Tramstraat, both within a few minutes’ walking distance from the museum. From October 1st until March 31st, parking in the underground car parks is free for the first two hours.
There are two parking spaces for disabled visitors in the immediate vicinity of the museum: one diagonally across from the museum in Voorstraat (in front of Hoogvliet supermarket) and one at the corner of Voorstraat/Museumstraat, adjacent to the museum.
Directions to either parking space: Tramstraat, Noordeinde, Dwarsstraat, Elleboogstraat, Louwestraat, Voorstraat.
You can also park at the car park behind Hoogvliet supermarket, which is accessible via Elleboogstraat. Entering the supermarket at the back, and exiting at the main entrance, you will find yourself immediately in front of the museum.
To plan your trip by public transport: go to 9292ov.nl
Welcome to the Katwijks Museum, the museum by the sea.
If you have any questions about your visit, please contact us at info@katwijksmuseum.nl. We are always happy to help. Guided tours can be requested via bezoek@katwijksmuseum.nl
More information about the beautiful seaside village of Katwijk available on:
| Adults: | €10,50 |
| Ages 13-17: | € 4,00 |
| Children under 13 | Free |
| CJP card holders: | € 5,00 |
| Netherlands Museum Pass: | Free |
| Rembrandt Pass: Vereniging Rembrandt |
Free |
| ICOM card holders: | Free |
| Vriend van het Katwijks Museum: | Free |
| Genootschap Oud Katwijk members: | Free, once a year, on presentation of membership card |
| Guided tours by appointment | |
| Tours, with a maximum of 10 visitors per museum attendant: | € 25,00 |
| Group bookings (including tour and coffee and cakes): | bezoek@katwijksmuseum.nl |
| Tours available in Dutch, German or English | Free (see events calendar) |
Voorstraat 46, Katwijk
The attic floor of the museum is dedicated to Katwijk’s history. Here you will find a wealth of information: about the time of the Romans, the Frisians and the Franks, the regional Water Authority throughout the ages, Katwijk during the Second World War (in pictures), the rise of tourism and the recent Katwijk Coastal Defence project, which was awarded the Rijnland Architecture Prize in 2015. There is also a replica of a ship’s bridge from a lugger that was in service in the 1950s, and furthermore a special exhibition dedicated to the Engelandvaarders (lit. ‘England sailors’, which is an honorary term for the Dutch men and women who managed to escape from the occupied Netherlands during the Second World War to join the Allied forces in England).
In October 2018 a permanent exhibition about Engelandvaarders was added to the ‘Katwijk in Bird’s Eye View’ exhibition. This exhibition consists of a glass display case with drawers and a large interactive screen, and was developed and financed by the Stichting Monument Engelandvaarders Katwijk (Engelandvaarders Monument Foundation Katwijk). The photographs and film fragments displayed on the screen will tell you the story of the young men who set off in canoes from the beach in Katwijk in their attempts to reach England, and the escape of thirty Katwijk Engelandvaarders, who successfully made the crossing.
Mr Willem van der Plas, a local author known, amongst others, for having given a face to the people from Katwijk who died at sea, has collected the stories of these brave people from archives. Authentic documents, photographs and decorations were made available by relatives of these Katwijk Engelandvaarders, which, together with the personal stories, are now on display in the showcase drawers. An original canoe of the type that was used for the dangerous crossing to England is also on display here.
The attic floor is easily accessible and there is a stairlift for less mobile visitors.
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