The museum is located in a bunker at the entrance of the former military airfield Bergen.
The airfield was originally constructed between 1937 and 1938 as a Dutch military base. On the first day of World War II, May 10, 1940, it was bombed by German aircraft. Shortly after, it was taken over by the Luftwaffe, which used the airfield for five years. During this period, numerous bunkers were built around the site, including camouflaged hangars disguised as farmhouses and even a fake windmill to conceal key infrastructure.
In its Luftwaffe days, the airfield played a key role in convoy protection over the North Sea, with fighter aircraft operating day and night. A major American bombing raid in May 1944 severely damaged the site, and it was no longer used for military aviation. In May 1945, food drops were carried out here to aid the starving Dutch population.
After the war, the airfield retained its military role as a mobilization complex during the Cold War. In 2014, the terrain was transferred to the Ecodorp Bergen Foundation. Today, the area is mostly a nature reserve and water retention basin.
The museum focuses on the history of the Bergen airfield and is housed in a former telephone post bunker.
