Museu Museum Batavialand

Welcome to Museum Batavialand in Lelystad.

Our museum consists of three different areas: the exhibition hall, the shipyard and the reconstruction of a Dutch East Indian Company ship from the 17th century, the Batavia.
 
Our museum focuses on the history of the province of Flevoland. Here, the story of the old land, the water and the new land is told. Archaeological objects, wrecks of sunken ships, film and photo material tell this extraordinary story of the origins, developments and inhabitants of this area. From prehistory to the 20th century.
 
During this audio tour we will also take you through various crafts and workshops that were crucial within the historical shipbuilding industry. We take a look on board the reconstruction of the Batavia and discover the various decks and their functions. Hopefully you will get a better idea of what life would have been like on a ship like this with a several hundred people on board.