Category: General

Cheese market in the Cheese Museum

Alkmaar’s famous cheese market can only be experienced live from April to October on Fridays between 10 am and 1 pm in front of our museum. However, inside our museum the cheese market can be…

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…

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 2025

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 2025, 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…

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…