Winter exhibition
From November 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025 you can view paintings and photos about the cheese market in the Dutch Cheese Museum in Alkmaar. The paintings were made by Ingrid Kruyssen, who is also…
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New: Cheese Warehouse
The latest addition to the Dutch Cheese Museum is our interactive cheese warehouse. Here you can test your knowledge about cheese with 10 quiz questions. The questions and answers are supported with spectacular images and…
Cheese markets in 2024
Thousands of visitors from all over the world come to Alkmaar especially for the cheese market. It is therefore a special spectacle with a square full of cheese and lugging cheese carriers. In 2024, the…
Free entrance children
As a fantastic end to our anniversary year, children up to 12 years old receive free admission during the Christmas holidays if accompanied by a paying adult. There is also a special anniversary treasure hunt…
Dutch Cheese Museum: 40 years now
In 2023 the Dutch Cheese Museum has been in existence for 40 years. Visit the museum now and experience the true story from cow to cheese!
40 years Dutch Cheese Museum
On April 21, 2023, the Dutch Cheese Museum will be 40 years old! Of course we will celebrate with all kinds of fun activities and anniversary promotions. So keep an eye on this website and…
Discover Holland
You can also take advantage of the special deal if you travel by train: get an admission e-ticket to Cheese Museum and a day return train and tram ticket from any station in the Netherlands…
Longer opening hours
The Dutch Cheese Museum is open even more frequently from 1 October a.s. The new opening times are: OPEN: whole year from Monday to Sunday: from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. all year on Sundays…
Cheese and Tulips
Cheese and Tulips, can it be more Dutch? On Friday 12 April there will once again be a colorful cheese market with 25,000 tulips. Afterwards, the cheese girls and boys hand out the tulips to…