In the monumental St. Bernard’s Abbey of Hemiksem, you’ll find the Heemmuseum Ontrent den Hover.
This small but remarkably rich museum immerses you in the everyday life of the past — from crafts to archaeology, from monastic life to printing.
Discover an impressive scale model of the abbey itself, a reconstructed classroom from the 1950s, tools from local printing houses and brickworks, and archaeological finds from the soil of Hemiksem. Every object tells a story about the people who lived and worked here and left their mark on the landscape.
The St. Bernard’s Abbey stands on a place where water, clay, and community have shaped each other for centuries. The archaeology, brickworks and crafts found here, reveal how the landscape is not only nature, but also memory.