Coster Diamond Museum and Showroom

‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’ sang Marilyn Monroe. Visit the Diamond Museum in Amsterdam to find out if this is true. This small museum displays a true treasure trove of diamonds. As extra security measures would be too expensive, all diamonds exhibited in the museum are replicas. However, in the showroom and sales area of Coster Diamond Museum, all diamonds are real.

Amsterdam Diamond City

In the sixteenth century, the first Jewish diamond cutters settled in Amsterdam. In the 21st century, Amsterdam is still known for its diamond trade and diamond cutting.

The Coster Diamond Museum is relatively small and exhibits large and small diamonds. Take a close look at the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond set in the crown worn by British monarchs during their coronation. This enormous diamond shines and sparkles exactly like the real one on display in the Tower of London.

Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend

Listen to Marilyn Monroe singing: ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’. Decide for yourself whether this is true, as you marvel at diamonds as tiny as a pinhead or as large as tennis balls. In display cases, diamonds sparkle like stars in the sky. They are set in crowns, tiaras, brooches, necklaces and earrings.

Guided Tour of Coster Diamonds

When you have seen all the exhibits in the museum and you want to see real diamonds, go to the showroom adjacent to the museum.

Join a guided tour that takes you through the different stages of diamond cutting; how the rough diamond is divided into chunks that are then faceted. Then watch how these gemstones are set in necklaces, brooches, earrings and rings.

If all this sparkle and glitter has made you very greedy, all you have to do is pull out your credit card.

TIP: Buy online your ticket for the Royal Experience Tour and the guided tour of the 19th-century villa of Royal Coster Diamonds and learn the basics of diamond craftsmanship

Adress: Diamand Museum, Paulus Potterstraat 8, Amsterdam
Opening hours: 7 days a week 09.00-17.00

Something related or a few minutes away
Canal House Museum
Fabriques de Lumieres
Amsterdam Museum
Rembrandt House Museum
Cannabis Museum
Van Gogh Museum
Rijksmuseum
Royal Palace
Buddhist Temple