The Frisian Resistance Museum was opened in 1979 and was the first resistance museum in the Netherlands. Over the years, it has expanded its collection and moved several times.

In December 2019, the museum was reorganised, resulting in an exceptional new display that is currently on show. At the Frisian Resistance Museum, you will meet the citizens of Friesland during the war years. Frisians and non-Frisians tell their stories of how they lived through the war in the Frisian countryside.

There was resistance and persecution, but there was no hunger winter. However, there were refugees and people who came from far and wide in search of milk and food. Stories are at the heart of the Resistance Museum. Eyewitness accounts and objects with a personal history bring us closer to the war. These stories are touching, confronting and make us think.

The focus is on the difficult choices that people had to make in those special times. The aerial war over Friesland, resistance against the occupiers and hiding are the focus of the exhibition. Particular attention is also paid to the spectacular flight of the Friesian resistance over the Huis van Bewaring (prison where prisoners awaiting trial or sentencing are held) in Leeuwarden.