Liberation Museum Zeeland — Attraction in Borsele

Lovely place, cannot recommend it more; the exposition is easy to follow and there is many audiovisual content to accompany the expo pieces. On top of that, there is QR codes that offer information on the items alongside historical text in both English, Dutch and German. You will be greated by a 20minute introduction (sadly, there is no subtitles, but you get the idea if you know the basics of the language) and later on you will go through the history of the region from 1939 to the later 1940s. There are items and mannequins of various nature, daily life items, as well as tanks, armored carriers and even a ball turret from a Mitchell bomber!

On top of that, the staff is of the most friendly type and eager to share their knowledge and chat. Later, you can visit the park where they have fortifications (Tobruk, AA emplacements and other historical densive structures as well as some sherman tanks). Wouldn't miss the chance to visit this museum if you're running around Middleburg.

Friendly advice: Better come early, as it takes 2-3 hours to see...

Fantastic museum with so much to see! We spent half our afternoon there, not expecting the huge amount of relicts from WW II. The tour through the museum starts with a film that gives you a short overview. Footprints on the floor show the way through the building. Everything is well explained (Dutch, English, German and some French) and there are short videos of contemporary witnesses. If you'd like to get further information on some of the items displayed, you can scan a QR code which gives you access to a catalogue. There's also a little shop and a restaurant, on the parking lot you'll find charging stations for electric cars. Outside you'll even find some bunkers and tanks. The place is well structured, highly maintained and perfectly clean. We enjoyed our stay here (as far as you can enjoy a museum about war). It's frightening to see how history repeats although places like these constantly warn us of what happened and how...

In this incredible museum you will mainly learn about the Battle of the Scheldt which was the longest and fiercest battle that was fought in the Netherlands which actually played out from October 2 until November 8, of 1944.

But being such a important battle it's pretty odd that museums on this important event are rare in this region, only for a few privately owned Atlantic wall museums, this is the only one in this scale that focuses on the eventful history of Zeeland during the Second World War.

But I really enjoyed this museum, and I will say this museum is in the Top 5 together with the Museum in Overloon and I would recommend you plan a visit if you're in the area, you will...