Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein'
Utrechtseweg 232
6862 AZ   Oosterbeek    Netherlands
tel. 00 31 26 3337710       fax 00 31 26 3391785

The Airborne Museum is situated in the centre of Oosterbeek and is conveniently signposted (guide). A direct trolleybus service connects the Museum with Arnhem railway station. From Oosterbeek railway station to the Museum is a mere 10 minutes walk.

 

Opening hours:

Mo - Sat: 1 Apr - 1 Nov
10.00 - 17.00 hrs.
Mo - Sat: 1 Nov - 1 Apr
11.00 - 17.00 hrs.
Sundays and public holidays
12.00 - 17.00 hrs.
Closed: New Year's Day and Christmas Day.
No admissions after 16.30 hrs.
Wheelchair accessible.
Shop and refreshmentroom available.

 

Entrance fees:

Adults.............................€ 5,50
Children (5-15)..................€ 3,50  
Veterans, OAP................€ 4,50

Parties (min. 20)

Adults..............................€ 4,50
Children (5-15)..................€ 3,00
Veterans,OAP..................€ 4,00

 

Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' active throughout the year

  • Every year the Museum has a different exposition on some specific aspect of the Battle.
  • Guided walks through the combat areas are organised. Applications at the Museum.
  • More extensive battlefield tours are organised throughout the year. Guided by experts the participants travel by coach, in the course of a day visiting the places that played a role in the Battle. Applications at the Museum.
  • The annual sale of books on the Second World War has become a tradition.

 

 

Operation Market Garden September 1944. Click for a detailled map.
The Museum shows the course of events during the Battle of Arnhem. It took place in September 1944 and covered the area between the centre of Arnhem and Ede. The 'Battle for the Rhine Bridge' was part of the operation 'Market Garden'. British, American and Polish airborne forces were to capture the bridges over rivers and waterways from the Belgian border to Arnhem.

 

The ground forces comprising the second British Army, could then reach the German Ruhr in one long thrust.  Thus, it was thought, the war would be over by Christmas 1944.  The operation, however, failed on account of the unexpectedly strong German resistance the paras were unable to hold the bridge and the Allied ground forces did not succeed in reaching Arnhem.
Road Bridge Arnhem ('John Frost Bridge'). Click for a picture after the battle.

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