Themed Tours

The building, the residents, special guests, life at a castle, the artifacts and more. In over 700 years a lot has happened, there are many stories to tell about it. Choose from one of the themes.

1. Themed tour Highlights of the Muiderslot

Discover everything you didn’t already know about the Muiderslot. The building, the residents, special guests, life in a castle, the artifacts and more. A lot has happened in over 700 years, there are many stories to tell about it.

2. Themed tour Explore the castle gardens

Discover the green treasure troves of the Muiderslot. On a tour of the gardens, you’ll learn all about 17th century gardening, forgotten vegetables, edible flowers, fragrant herbs and sturdy fortifications. You’ll also hear why the castle and its surroundings can’t live without each other.

3. Themed tour Family tour

Take your family and go on an active exploration of the Muiderslot. With each other and with the tour guide you will explore and carry out assignments. The tour is in the medieval castle and in the 17th-century halls.

4. Themed tour Strong women

A castle, shining armor and a dangerous sword are often automatically associated with men. But women also played an important role in the castle. How does the woman of the Middle Ages resemble the woman of today? On the basis of themes such as marriage, status, role models and social networks, you will be made to think during this interactive tour.

5. Themed tour Love & Lust

Loving who you want. That is and was not always easy. During this tour, you will hear more about love, lust and sexual preferences in the past. You will also discover bedroom secrets from times long past. Things used to be less prudish than we often think nowadays….

6. Themed tour Wet Feet! About the Muiderslot and the water

The Muiderslot is inextricably linked to the surrounding water: the moat, the Vecht and the Zuiderzee. During this tour, you’ll discover all sorts of things about the relationship between the castle and the water. For example, how was the water used in defense? The tour also takes you over the old sea dike that has protected the castle from wet feet for centuries.

7. Themed tour Building history & architecture for groups.

The Muiderslot has stood for over seven hundred years. In all that time, the castle has been regularly demolished, patched up, rebuilt, embellished and expanded. From a military fortress via a luxury residence to the museum it is today. During the tour you will look for traces of seven hundred years of building activities.

8. Themed tour By way of speaking for groups

Go with us to the cradle of our language! Without watering down or baking sweet bread, a tour guide will take you through the castle. Always wanted to know how to lie in wait or earn your spurs in the Muiderslot? Then book this tour on proverbs and sayings. See you in the Plum Time!