Current
Program 2026
This year, in addition to ourpermanent collection, we also have some wonderful temporary exhibitions for visitors to our museum. For our younger visitors, we have treasure hunts in three age categories, craft days during the school holidays, and a fun playground for the little ones.
We are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Also open on Easter Monday, Ascension Day, and Whit Monday.
We are also open on Mondays during the nationally designated school holidays.
Closed on New Year's Day, King's Day, and
Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Temporary exhibition: Duck farming
The temporary exhibition about another type of poultry: the duck, will continue in 2026.
From 1850 until well into the last century, ducks played an important role in the Dutch agricultural sector. The exhibition shows the rise and fall of this industry. The place of the wild duck and the function and design of the duck decoy are beautifully portrayed.
Teaching kits for elementary schools
The Poultry Museum has teaching kits available for loan for projects on chickens and eggs in elementary schools. The contents of these teaching kits have been compiled by education experts and are aligned with the subjects of math, language, writing, crafts, physical education, and technology. If you are interested, please contact the museum by phone in advance.
Craft days for children
Come and enjoy some crafts at the Poultry Museum!
Create a beautiful piece of work about chickens and eggs.
This will take place on the following Tuesdays: December 23 and 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Young visitors always have fun cutting, pasting, drawing, and doing other crafts, all under expert supervision. Participation is free of charge.
Look, there's Kuukel!
Kuukel is the hero of the Poultry Museum. He guides young visitors in their search for answers to the treasure hunt clues.
Always exciting!
Chicken painting workshop
On the Thursday below, we will be painting chickens.
Young and old alike can participate in this exciting activity. The next workshop is scheduled for Thursday, February 19, 2026.
During the workshops, you will learn how to bring a chicken, chick, duck, or egg to life on canvas under expert guidance. A wonderful challenge for young and old alike.
A fee of €5.00 per person is charged for use of the equipment.
Find the golden chick
During the Easter weekend, children up to the age of 12 can come and hunt for Easter eggs in the poultry garden of the Poultry Museum. There is even a golden chick among them. Whoever finds it will go home with a nice prize.
Times:
Good Friday, April 3: 3:00 p.m.; Saturday, April 4: 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.; Monday, April 6 (Easter Monday): 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
Inspecting eggs
Egg inspection April 4:
Poultry expert, hobby breeder, and volunteer Gert Riezebos will be at the museum between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to assess eggs. These can be hatching eggs from hobby breeders, but the specialist also knows a lot about table eggs. Bring six eggs and learn exactly what is inside them or what might hatch from them. It would be great if you could bring your own eggs.
Animal feed ingredients and animal feed preparation
The temporary exhibition on the preparation of chicken feed and the raw materials used for this purpose is new this year.
This provides an overview of what is required for its preparation and the resources and machinery used for this purpose. Old images of former animal feed producers are also on display.
Program 2026
The Dutch Poultry Museum in Barneveld is organizing a quilt exhibition in 2026 with the theme of poultry ( roosters, chickens, chicks, eggs, and/or feathers).
In 2026, it will be exactly 25 years since the Quilters Guild organized an exhibition at the museum. This is an opportunity for us to organize another exhibition.
We invite you to create a quilt piece for this exhibition. The dimensions are flexible. Existing work is also welcome.
You can submit your quilt(s) starting November 11, 2025, during the museum's opening hours.
You can register until August 31, 2025, by submitting a photo of the work in progress. If you are interested or have any questions, please email d.olsder@gmail.com.
Logo quilt by Marjon Hoftijzer
inspired by the exhibition in 2001 at the Dutch Poultry Museum.