Terra Maris - Museum

Terra Maris in Oostkapelle is the museum of the nature and landscape of Zeeland. It is housed in the former orangery of Westhove Castle, on the edge of the De Manteling woods, and has a large landscape garden.

What can you expect at Terra Maris?

• Themes: The museum tells how Zeeland was won from the sea, about the more than a hundred drowned villages, the nature of the Delta and today's landscape.
• Landscape garden: The 2.5 hectare garden shows Zeeland's landscape types. Children can go pond dipping, and since 2011 there has been a reconstructed medieval motte castle you can climb.
• Highlights: Highlights of Terra Maris are:
  • Zeeland's natural history collection with mounted birds and mammals and a shell collection.
  • Fossil mammal bones fished up from the Delta waters.
  • The reconstructed motte castle in the garden.

Practical information

• Opening hours: Open daily for most of the year; shorter hours in winter, closed on Monday and Tuesday.
• Facilities: There is a museum café and a shop. The rooms and café are wheelchair accessible; the garden paths are made of crushed shells.
• Surroundings: Nearby are the De Manteling woods, the Oranjezon nature reserve and the beaches of Oostkapelle and Domburg.

Terra Maris is a lovely place to get to know Zeeland's nature, indoors and out.

Furthermore Terra Maris is near the following sights: Westhove Castle (±125 m), De Manteling (±175 m), Spa Domburg (±1,5 km), Marie Tak van Poortvliet Museum (±1,7 km) & Hoge Hil (±2,1 km).

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For information

Duinvlietweg 6, Oostkapelle
tel. +31 118 582 620 
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