Historisch Museum De Casteelse Poort is housed in a villa that stands on the site of an old castle. Remains of the castle’s gatehouse can be seen in the cellar.
The permanent collection consists of:
- The history of Wageningen with a model of the city as it was in the seventeenth century;
- Wageningen in 1940-1945, focussing on the surrender in Hotel De Wereld in 1945;
The history of the agricultural college and agricultural research in Wageningen.
