Museums and Galleries in Amsterdam
Whether you want to admire Van Gogh or Rembrandt, giggle at the Sex Museum or go back to school at the Cannabis College, Amsterdam has a museum and art gallery for for everyone. Buy your ticket online to avoid the long waiting lines at the most popular museums in Amsterdam.
Buy the I Amsterdam Card and get a reduction or free entrance to many museums. Admire modern art at the Stedelijk Museum in the morning and visit the Museum of Bags and Purses in the afternoon. Come back the next day for the Amsterdam Hermitage Museum and learn everything about flower bulbs at the Tulip Museum.
Most museums are open from 10.00-18.00, but closed on Mondays. The Rijksmuseum is open 356 days a year. Come before 11 am or after 3 pm to avoid the crowd.
Van Gogh Museum
Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the art collection of Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s younger brother and art collector. The collection consists of 200 paintings and 500 drawings by Vincent and works of Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, Monet and other contemporaries. Van Gogh...
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam or Art in A Bathtub
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is a leading Modern Art Museum. Priceless art in a modern building - that's what to expect when you visit Het Stedelijk Museum. The museum is home to modern works of art and includes artists such as Matisse, Picasso, Newman,...
Where Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary
The Anne Frank House is a museum that shows the Frank family’s wartime hiding place. You can walk through the rooms and see the place where a young Jewish girl wrote her diary. The Anne Frank House is very popular and visited by over a million visitors every year. It...
Rijksmuseum Home of Rembrandt’s Night Watch
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is the number one art museum in the Netherlands and art lovers cannot afford to miss it. The museum possesses an unrivalled collection of Dutch art. The Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam is famous for its collection of works of art from the 15th to...
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Museum Fabrique des Lumieres Amsterdam
Fabrique des Lumières in Amsterdam brings art to life. Step into the world of Vincent van Gogh, Gustav Klimt and Salvador Dalí or whichever artist is in the spotlight. Fabrique des Lumières is not just looking at art but also experiencing art by means of interactive...
Rembrandt as Portrait Painter
In the seventeenth century, in Rembrandt's time, photography had not yet been invented and when people wanted their likeness taken, they went to a portrait painter, Rembrandt for example. That is exactly what Marten and Oopjen Soolmans did a year after their wedding....
Amsterdam Cat Museum for Cat Lovers
Cat-lovers will purr contently at the art collection of the Cat Museum in Amsterdam. All artworks on display are 'cat proof'; cat statuettes, cat portraits, cat paintings, cat pop art and cat artifacts. Situated in a beautiful canal house, the museum is also...
Interactive exhibition Da Vinci Genius
DA VINCI: GENIUS is an award-winning interactive exhibition. The visitor enters an engaging world of technology through visuals and sound and delves into the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci. His obsession with history, art, science, astrology and nature made him a...
Madame Tussauds lifelike Wax Figures of Celebrities
Have you always wanted to be photographed standing next to Marilyn Munroe or is James Bond, alias Sean Connery more your type? All is possible at the Dutch branch of Madame Tussauds Museum one of the most popular attractions in Amsterdam. Take a selfie with King...
H’Art Museum Amsterdam and Rotating Art Exhibitions
H'ART Museum in Amsterdam does not have its own collection but exhibits art borrowed from renowned international museums. A visit to the museum is a unique opportunity to get acquainted with a variety of different forms of art. H'ART Museum and Art on Loan Most...
Amsterdam Tulip Museum learn about tulips
The Amsterdam Tulip Museum tells the history of the tulip. This small museum is on Prinsengracht opposite Anne Frank Museum. On entering, a kaleidoscope of colours greets you, red tulips, white lilies and golden daffodils. You may think that you are in the wrong...
The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum
The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum is one of the few museums in the world devoted entirely to cannabis. It is only logical that this is located in Amsterdam, given the tolerant policy towards soft drugs in the Netherlands. The museum consists of two small buildings...
Erotic Museum where Naughty Dreams Come True
The Erotic Museum, where your naughty dreams come true, is located where you would expect it: in the heart of the Red Light District. The red neon light over the entrance beckons you from afar. The museum showcases the history of erotica. Its five floors are...
Upside down Museum Nothing is What it Seems
Upside down: you don't believe your eyes, because nothing is what it seems, everything is upside down. Your senses are put to the test! Step into the upside down world and do things you never dreamt of. The Upside-down Museum is an 'instagrammable' experience with a...
Riding School Living Horse Museum Hollandsche Manege
The Hollandsche Manage and the Living Horse Museum in Amsterdam is a well-kept secret and a must-see for horse lovers. The Hollandsche Manege is the oldest riding school in the Netherlands and offers horseback riding lessons for all ages, from beginners to advanced,...
Red Light Secrets, Museum of Prostitution
Red Light Secrets, Museum of Prostitution allows you to step into the intriguing world of the Amsterdam Red Light District. You will learn details about the oldest profession in the world and experience how it feels to sit 'behind a window' and being ogled by...
Straat Museum: Street Art in a Former Warehouse
Straat Museum (Street Museum): street art and museum, is this a contradiction? Painting an artistic story on buildings is no longer regarded as vandalism. Street art adorns buildings and bridges and conveys a colourful message. Straat Museum in Amsterdam shows a...
Body Worlds Must-see Exhibition in Amsterdam
A visit to the Body Worlds Amsterdam exhibition is very different from an average museum visit. On display more than 200 anatomical specimens of real human bodies are on display. In other words, at Body Worlds Amsterdam you are viewing actual dead bodies that have...
FOAM Photography Museum in an Amsterdam Canal House
FOAM - FOtotography MUseum in Amsterdam is located in a traditional canal house, the interior will surprise you – a happy marriage of old and new, original architecture combined with chrome and glass. FOAM showcases still photography and multimedia shows. The...
Vincent van Gogh and the Potato Eaters
Vincent van Gogh is not only the artist who painted the Potato Eaters, he is also known as the man who cut off his ear, the man who drank turpentine, the man who sold only one painting during his lifetime but became famous posthumously. In 1885, Van Gogh painted...
MoCo Museum of Modern Contemporary Art
Modern art for everybody! The Moco, Modern Contemporary Art Museum, hosts exhibitions of modern art artists. Moco was the first museum to show works of Banksy whose nickname is: the art terrorist of the graffiti scene whose works are provoking, disturbing and...
I Amsterdam City Card
I Amsterdam City Card is your ticket to experience Amsterdam in an affordable and relaxed way. You’ll see more and save money at the same time! No need to buy separate tickets for attractions and public transport. The I Amsterdam Card not only affords you free...
Amsterdam Museum
Housed in a former orphanage, the Amsterdam Museum tells the story of Amsterdam. The permanent exhibition: Amsterdam DNA, free thinking, entrepreneurship, citizenship and creativity. Apart from the core collection, the Amsterdam Museum hosts temporary exhibitions in...
Windmills Zaanse Schans
Located just 10 kilometers north of Amsterdam, Zaanse Schans is the perfect escape from Amsterdam's hustle and bustle, especially on a sunny day. Zaanse Schans is a museum village lived in by real people The village was created in 1960 as a monument to local life in...
National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum (Scheepvaartmuseum) in Amsterdam tells about the maritime history of the Netherlands. The collection is vast and comprises paintings, ship models, naval maps, atlases, nautical instruments, canons and more. The exhibition offers a unique...
Rembrandt House Museum
Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam is the house where the famous Dutch artist lived and worked for twenty years. The interior gives a good impression of what his house must have looked like when Rembrandt lived here. None of the furniture is authentic, but all are...
Amsterdam City Pass
Purchase the Amsterdam City Pass and discover Amsterdam hassle-free. This City Pass affords free entry and fast track entrance to the Rijksmuseum or the Van Gogh Museum. Also included are a free canal cruise and a free train ticket from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Add...
Tassenmuseum Hendrikje
Museum of Bags and Purses in Amsterdam is permanently closed.A museum for all handbag fans who daily ask themselves: which handbag will I take today? The fire-engine red one, a present of an old flame, the malachite green with the secret pockets a souvenir from Paris...
Museum Quarter and the Big Three
Museum Quarter is home to three famous museums – Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art – showcasing the brilliance of Dutch masters, modern art and impressionists. Add Amsterdam Concert Hall, throw in a high-end shopping street or two and...
Museum or Church?
The Nieuwe Kerk, New Church, in Amsterdam is not new at all, but a 15th century Gothic structure with a forest of pinnacles and slender gables. Its gaping interior is one huge exposition area with rotating exhibitions. On first sight it is not obvious that this is a...
Buddhist Temple in Amsterdam
The Fo Guang Shan He Hwa Temple in Amsterdam Chinatown is the largest Buddhist temple in Europe and built in traditional Chinese style. This Buddhist Temple is locally known as the Zeedijk Tempel. Zeedijk is the name of the street where you can find this temple. The...
Van Gogh Museum
Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the art collection of Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s younger brother and art collector. The collection consists of 200 paintings and 500 drawings by Vincent and works of Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, Monet and other contemporaries. Van Gogh...
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam or Art in A Bathtub
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is a leading Modern Art Museum. Priceless art in a modern building - that's what to expect when you visit Het Stedelijk Museum. The museum is home to modern works of art and includes artists such as Matisse, Picasso, Newman,...
Diamonds are Forever
If you want to find out if ‘diamonds are forever’, pop into the Diamond Museum in Amsterdam. No extra security is needed because all diamonds on display are replicas. Coster Diamonds is an Amsterdam diamond and trading company whose history goes back for almost two...
Westerkerk and Anne Frank
Westerkerk and Anne Frank are intrinsically connected. She mentions the chimes of Westerkerk in her diary entry of 11 July 1942. Westerkerk is a relatively young church as it was built between 1620 and 1631. Late 16th and early 17th century Amsterdam expanded and...
A Palace without Royals
Take the number of days in a year (365). Put one before and nine after it (1 365 9) and you will know how many wooden piles were rammed deep into the soggy soil of Amsterdam to prevent the Royal Palace at Dam Square from collapsing. Royal Palace is a misnomer because...
Where Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary
The Anne Frank House is a museum that shows the Frank family’s wartime hiding place. You can walk through the rooms and see the place where a young Jewish girl wrote her diary. The Anne Frank House is very popular and visited by over a million visitors every year. It...
Serious Business?
Is the Amsterdam Sex Museum serious business or pure lust? Erotic paintings, pictures, cartoons, recordings and photographs show the many aspects of love and in particular sensual love. A visit to the Amsterdam Sex Museum will satisfy your curiosity. Judging from the...
The Oldest Church in Amsterdam
The Oude Kerk stands right in the middle of the historic centre of Amsterdam. Dating back to the thirteenth century, this church is both the oldest building and the oldest church in Amsterdam. The Oude Kerk is noteworthy for its wooden vaulted ceiling and the...
A Glimpse of Life in a Canal House
Museum Willet-Holthuysen in Amsterdam allows you a glimpse into the lives of wealthy merchants who lived in luxury along the canal ring. Experience how upper-class Amsterdam lived and what their canal house looked like, see their drawing-room, their four-poster bed...
NEMO Not for Kids Only – Parents Love It!
NEMO in Amsterdam is a popular museum with objects that must be touched. Three floors of exhibits classified in four themes are ready to be explored; physics, technology, information technology and bio-science behaviour. Fun for children but also for their parents....
Amsterdam Holland Pass
The Amsterdam Holland Pass also known as Amsterdam City Card is your ticket to hassle-free Amsterdam, a must-have for visitors who like to enjoy Amsterdam to the full: a guide book, queuing for the popular museums is history. Take your pick from 60 museums and...
Hermitage Amsterdam
H'Art Museum has been the new name for Hermitage Amsterdam since 2023. The H'Art Museum does not have its own collection but shows artworks on loan from Centre Pompidou in Paris, British Museum in London and Smithonian American Art Museum. More about H'Art Museum...
Rijksmuseum Home of Rembrandt’s Night Watch
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is the number one art museum in the Netherlands and art lovers cannot afford to miss it. The museum possesses an unrivalled collection of Dutch art. The Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam is famous for its collection of works of art from the 15th to...
Learning Was Never So Easy
Are you curious about cannabis and interested in buying seedlings or seeds with exotic names like Afghan, Purple Power, Hollands Hoop, Shiva or Master Kush? Cannabis College in Amsterdam is the place to learn everything you have always wanted to know about weed and...
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