Grietje and Dieuwke took me to a new "museum" consisting of three vintage country homes that were disassembled,  moved and painstakingly reassembled at a new location, adjacent to an old chicory drying shed of the same era.  The Friesian government seems to have a bottomless well of money for preserving and sharing its history.  We loved our visit here. 

This is the biggest of the three houses.  If you click the picture bigger, you can see a spot on the brick of the left front corner of the house which is quite worn.  That is where the man would sharpen the family's knives.  The entrance seen on this picture was not the one the family used.  This one was at the opposite side of the house from the stable, and was used for visiting clergy or guests. 

This picture is taken inside the back entrance to the house.  The area where the antiques are displayed used to be the stable, for the family's milk cow and field/cart horse.  The animal droppings fell onto the lower floor area and were shovelled away from there.

Across the entry room from the stable was a real luxury - an indoor privy!

Looking straight in from the back entrance, you can see the family's main living area where they cooked, ate, slept and lived.

Standing in the same spot and looking up you can see the loft where the boys of the family slept, and where hay was kept.

This is the real entrance, from the outside.  Notice the classic Dutch touches:  the double wooden door, with top and bottom sections swinging independently, and the lace curtains at the windows.

This house was the smallest of the three we saw that day.  It was very, VERY tiny!

This one was much larger.  All the homes were similarly furnished and laid out, so I didn't post all the pictures.