The small, atmospheric museum is located in the middle of the village of Earnewâld. The (original) house was built in 1777 by a bog boss and has been on display as an antiquities room since 1957. Jan and Sjut van den Berg lived here until 1955.

They had a grocery store and were milk hawkers, among other things. Jan was additionally cane cutter, shearer, farm laborer. They also have many Earnewâldster floor mats woven from rushes (kokels in Frisian). This explains the name of this museum “It Kokelhûs fan Jan and Sjut.”