Marker Museum


A row of eel-smoking houses in the Kerkbuurt area have been converted into the Marker Museum, which delves into Marken's history and includes the re-created interior of a fisher’s home, with a wealth of personal odds and ends. It sells a walking-tour brochure (€2), which guides you around the stout wooden structures that line the intricate pattern of lanes.


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