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Van Gogh Museum
Vincent van Gogh ranks among the greatest artists of the 19th century. His oeuvre includes a large collection of drawings. The main aim of this special exhibition was to bring together around 100 of the finest drawings from Van Gogh's oeuvre.
Housed in a recently extended modern building, visitors can see a wide range of Van Gogh's work, from his early dark paintings of peasants to subtle landscapes influenced by Japanese prints. the delicate cherry blossom orhcard scenes are a delight, and the shop is well stocked with large posters, postcards and numerous books on the artist. There is even a box of coloured wool on display, used by painters who couldn't afford tubes of paint but wanted to see the effect of different combinations before they decided on their final colour scheme in a particular work.
Opening times:
Museum: daily 10 am - 6 pm
Ticket office: daily 10 am - 5.30 pm
Shop: daily 10 am - 5.45 pm
Restaurant: daily 10 am - 5.30 pm
Entrance prices: Adults: 7,00
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Paulus Potterstraat 7
1071 CX
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 5705200
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Rijksmuseum
Known as the ''Treasure house of the Netherlands'', this museum deserves it's reputation as one of the most impressive museums in Europe. All the Dutch Masters of the 17th century are included here, as well as some magnificent dollshouses and decorative arts from previous centuries. In particular, the museum is internationally renowned for its paintings from the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic, including twenty works by Rembrandt. Although most visitors head straight for the exquisite Vermeer paintings, there are also some stunning Frans Hals portraits and Jan Steen interiors, which include fascinating period details. Look out for the 300 year old flower paintings, which were used as Memento Mori (reminders of mortality). The Rijksmuseum houses the largest collection of art and history in the Netherlands, but can still be covered in a day. From December 2003 to 2008 the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam will undergo the biggest rebuilding, renovation and modernisation programme in its history.
Opening times:
Mon - Sun 9 am - 6 pm
Closed on 1 January
Entrance prices: Adults: 9,00
Free admission: Museumkaart cardholders, members of ICOM, ICOMUS, UNESCO, Vereniging Rembrandt, KOG and Vrienden van de Aziatische Kunst, Rijksmuseum Schoolkaart cardholders.
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Location:Museumplein
Stadhouderskade 42
1071 ZD
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 6747000
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Amsterdam Historical Museum
Situated in a former orphanage, this museum tells the story of the city of Amsterdam as well as hosting temporary exhibitions. Younger visitors will enjoy the interactive tools and looking at all the daily things used by Amsterdammers over the centuries.
You can find out how they built ships or what apartments looked like 200 or 300 years ago. The museum is the only one in the world with a covered ''street'' running through it, so that people can look at the paintings of local worthies while they are doing their shopping. There are also archeological foundings, some uninspired paintings, ornate silver and gold exhibits, glass and porcelain to look at.
Opening times:
Mon - Fr 10 am - 5 pm, Sat / Sun and Public Holidays 11 am - 5 pm
Closed on 1st January, 30th April, 25th December
Entrance prices: Adults 6,00, Children between 6 and 18 3,00, Children under 6 free, Museumkaart free, 65+ pass 4,50, CJP 3,00, Groups of 15 or more 4,50
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Kalverstraat 92 / Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 359
1001 AC
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 5231822
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Allard Pierson Museum
This is a quiet and not particularly adventurous museum of Antiquities near Dam Square. It has mainly collections of the ancient civilisations of ancient Egypt, the Near East, the Greek World, Etruria and the Roman Empire. There are some intriguing ancient Greek dolls as well as surprising ancient Cypriot containers used to consume cocaine and mind altering drugs. There are often free contemporary art exhibitions in the Arti and Amiticae, opposite, on Rokin 112, (open Tuesday to Friday 13-19 and weekends 14-18 ), but these first floor galleries can only be reached by an impressive, carved wooden staircase.
Opening times:
Tue - Fr 10 am - 5 pm, Sat - Sun 1 pm - 5 pm, closed on Mo
The museum is also closed on the first of January, Easter Sunday, 30th of April (Queen's Day), Whit Sunday, Christmas Day
Entrance prices: Adults 5, Children from 4 to 16 2,50, Children under 4 free
Seniors (over 65), CJP, NS-card with MK logo, students (ISIC), Stadspas 2,50
Groups of 10 or more 3,50
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Oude Turfmarkt 127
1012 GC
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 5252556
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Anne Frank House
This house has become a memorial site for hundreds of thousands of visitors in the past thirty years. It contains the annex where Anne Frank, her sister, parents, and the Van Pels family hid from the Nazi's during the Second World War.
Thanks to her father, Otto (who was the only family survivor of the concentration camp they were sent to), the private thoughts of a Jewish teenage girl were eventually published and her diary translated into many languages. There are changing exhibitions which invite young people to reflect on human rights and a bright, open cafe in the modern extension. Due to it's popularity, there are usually long queues to get in, which rather destroys the intimacy needed to view the small space in which the family and friends were forced to remain until their deportation. You can avoid waiting to get in by going after 6 pm in the evening, or on Boxing Day, when it is empty and most other museums are closed.
Opening Hours:
15 September - 14 March: 9 am - 7 pm
15 March - 14 September: 9 am - 9 pm
Entrance Prices: Adults: 7,50 , Age 10-17: 3,50 , Age 0-9: free, Euro <26-Card: 3,50 , "Museumkaart" not valid. No group discount. Payment cash or with Maestro or through Visa- or Mastercard, at the entrance.
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Prinsengracht 267
1000 AS
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 5567100
Fax: +31 (0)20 6207999
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Although the Stedelijk Museum is reputedly one of Europe's most important museums for modern and contemporary art, it seems to have lost it's way in the past few years. Both a permanent presentation of the collection and a changing programme of exhibitions and activities will be seen in Stedelijk Museum CS. The shop sells delicate mobiles and colourful children's books on looking at art, as well as monographs on many important European artists.
Opening hours:
Daily 10 am - 6 pm, Closed January 1
Please notice: December 5, 24 and 31 the museum will close at 5 pm.
(Please note that the Stedelijk Museum at Paulus Potterstraat (Museumsquare) is closed until 2008!)
Entrance prices: Adults: 9, Children from 7 through 16: 4,50, Family pass (2 adults + 2 children): 22,50, CJP, Pas 65+ & groups (15 or more): 4,50
Free: Museumkaart, Amsterdam Stadspas, Vereniging Rembrandt, Friends of the Stedelijk Museum.
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Oosterdokskade 5
1011 AD
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 5732911
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Museum Van Loon
Ferdinand Bol, one of Rembrandt's pupils, lived in this splendid municipal palace for the last ten years of his illustrious life. Magnificent rooms are filled with artefacts, not just from1680 when Bol died, but also from later owners.
Around the middle of the 18th century the entire interior was embellished with a rich pannelling, stucco work, mirrors and fireplaces. The interior has remained virtually the same through the ages, with exquisite children's carved and painted sledges on the landing. In 1884 the house was bought by the Van Loon family who lived there until 1945. Many visitors are pleasantly surprised to find the large formal garden behind Museum Van Loon. It is an oasis of peace amidst the bustle of the city. Already in the seventeenth century, the gardens behind canal houses were considered unusual. A law still valid today, was issued to protect them.
Opening times:
Daily 11 am - 5 pm
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Keizersgracht 672
1017 ET
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 6245255
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Jewish Historical Museum
The Jewish Historical Museum is located in the an area of Amsterdam where many Jews lived until the old streets were demolished to make way for the new council buildings and the new Muziektheater.
The museum is housed in four former synagogues and has displays about Dutch Jewish life and culture, both past and present. There are religious artefacts, details of how the Jews were mistreated during the Second World War as well as striking contemporary art.
Opening Hours:
Daily 11 am - 5 pm , closed Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Entrance prices: 5 Adults, 1,50 children 6 - 13, 2,50 children 13 - 18
3 65+, Int.Student Card, 3 members of a group (minimum 10 persons),free children under 6
free friends, donors and members
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Jonas Daniλl Meijerplein 2-4
1011
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 6269945
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Science Center NEMO
''A voyage of discovery between fantasy and reality''. Renzo Piano designed this fantastic green building, shaped like a boat docked at the entrance to the Ij car tunnel. Not only is it an architectural materpiece, it is also an exciting interactive museum of science and technology, designed primarily for 5-15 year olds.
Inside, children can steer small boats floating on artificial ponds by remote control or weigh unusual objects. There are Heath Robinson-like contraptions for coloured balls to find a tortuous route round clanking machinery and hoops to make giant soap bubbles as big as the grumpiest grown-up. Staff are child-friendly and patient, and the roof has stunning views over Het Ij and the City. NEMO can get very crowded on wet days during bank holidays, so try visiting on weekdays which are less frenetic. The food is very predictable (dry cheese or ham rolls), so bring your own picnic. Parties can be booked for up to 20 children aged 4-12 for 12 each child and 10 adults.
Opening times:
Daily 10 am - 5 pm
Entrance prices: 9 Adults and children, infants up to age 4 get in free, Students 7
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Oosterdok 2
1011 VX
Amsterdam
Tel: 0900 9191100
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Rembrandt House Museum
The large and imposing 17th Century house in which Rembrandt lived and worked from 1639 till 1658 is still standing in the Jodenbreestraat, (Jewish Broad Street)in Amsterdam. The rooms are relatively empty of period things and visitors have to follow a set route through the house, but it is still impressive.
The collection of etchings is all you will get to see of Rembrandt's work, however, as none of his paintings are kept here. However, his collection of unusual artefacts in the back room is fascinating, and you can spend hours scrutinising his prints (for evidence of his mistakes in foreshortening or getting the size of people''s heads and hands right.
Opening times:
Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun and Public Holidays 1 pm - 5 pm
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Jodenbreestraat 4-6
1011 NK
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 5200400
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Museum Amstelkring
This is also known as "Our Lord in the Attic" as a Catholic Church was hidden on the top floor of this 17th Century merchant''s house. Catholics were partially tolerated during the period, but weren''t allowed to build their own, public places of worship. From October to May a Mass is held in the church at 10.45 am every Sunday, but you are advised to ring first to check if this is happening.
Opening times:
Mon - Sat 10 sm - 5 pm, Sun and Public holidays 1 pm - 5 pm
Closed January 1st and 30th April
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Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40
1012 GE
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 6246604
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Ajax museum
Displays are showing the history of the world renowned Amsterdam football club, Ajax. The football stadium itself is really unusual and worth a visit, however, so it would be more exciting to buy tickets for a game than just go to the museum.
You can buy tickets at the ''supportersbalie'' (supporters ticket desk) in the Official Ajax Fanshop. The supportersbalie and the museum are next to the main entrance to the Amsterdam ArenA.
Entrance prices: 3,50
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Location:Amsterdam Arena
Arena Boulevard 3
1001 EG
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 3111444
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Heineken Experience
This isn't a working brewery any more, more of an interactive museum. Many millions of hectolitres of Heineken beer were brewed here until 1988, when the Heineken brewery in Zoeterwoude took over production from the Amsterdam brewery. You will know when you have reached it when you see the huge copper still, visible though the glass window from the main road, Stadhouderskade.
In this shrine to the famous Dutch brand, visitors can learn about the history of Heineken beer making. In your tour you can walk through malt silos, look inside the mash coppers and stand in the lager cellars where young beer was once matured. The malt silo buildings forms the backdrop for a brief explanation of the brewing process, which began on this site around 1867. The Amsterdam brewery was eventually opened as the Heineken Experience in May 2001 and since then over 250,000 people have visited this world famous exhibition.
Opening times:
Tues - Sun 10 am - 6 pm
Closed on 25 December and 1 January
Entrance prices: 7,50 , people below the age of 18 years only admitted under parental guidance.
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Stadhouderskade 78
1075 AE
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 5239666
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KIT Tropenmuseum
The Tropenmuseum is one of the most enticing, varied and thrilling museums in Europe. Every floor is full of surprises, from the carved lizards and other creatures curling their snouts or tails around the elegant stone columns, to the display of women's headscarves showing how different folding techniques can express non verbal signs of anger or generosity, this building is full of delights and things to wonder about.
You can stroll around the courtyard of a Javanese house, roam through noisy Arab streets, smell spices in a bazaar or find yourself in the middle of an African market. You can relax to the authentic music of a South American jukebox - or listen to the gripping life story of a tropical rainforest-dweller. They carefully avoid being patronising to either visitors or indigenous cultures, and the Dutch colonial past is explored sensitively and in relation to people''s skills and contemporary expertise in other countries. Even the comfortable restaurant has food from all over the world, from sweet Egyptian biscuits, Indian Shrikand dessert to spicy lentil soup.
This magnificent building, like so many others built during the second half of the Nineteenth Century in Amsterdam, is worth visiting for the architecture alone. More than just a museum, it also houses the KIT institute next door, where innovative research takes place alongside local people in developing countries and allows for fruitful dialogue and exchanges to take place between workers in the North and those in the South. The Tropenmuseum is the largest anthropological museum in the Netherlands.
Opening times:
Daily 10 am - 5 pm
5, 24 and 31 December from 10 am- 3 pm
Closed 1st January, 30 April, 5 May and 25 December.
Entrance Prices: Children up to the age of 5 free, 6 to 17 year olds 3,40, Family card 18,15
CJP to age 18 2,95, CJP, student card (18+) 4,55, 65+ pas 4,55, Stadspas 6 to 17 (City pass) 1,15, Stadspas 18+ 2,25, MJK Museum Year Card free, Museumjaarkaart NS en RABO 3,40,Members of KIT free
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Linnaeusstraat 2
Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0)20 5688215
Fax: +31(0)20 5688331
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Netherlands Maritime Museum, Amsterdam
The Netherlands Maritime Museum is housed in the National Naval Depot, the 300 year old former arsenal of the Dutch Navy.
The unique and superb collection tells the story of the maritime past of the Netherlands. The jetty outside the Museum provides a permanent berth for a replica of the tall ship, the Dutch East Indiaman.
Actors playing the sailors provide a ''life-like'' impression of life on board the Amsterdam. (The sailing ship was apparently built by unemployed Amsterdammers on a work scheme recently, but it isn''t seaworthy). The original ship sank off the coast of Southern England on its maiden voyage. You can step aboard and imagine what it was like to live on board. The stalwart sea dogs unload the cargo, scrub the deck and sing old shanties. In the film theatre you can experience how rough life was during the long journey to the Indies (suitable for those around 10 years and older). But first have a look outside at the steamship, lifeboat and herring lugger!
Amsterdam and the Maritime Museum
Thanks to its many rivers and location by the sea the Netherlands became a nation of shipbuilders, explorers and merchants. In the 17th Century Amsterdam emerged as the world''s foremost trading centre, which is why so many impressive buildings from that time were constructed. The museum is located in a stately building which was built more than three centuries ago as a storage depot for the navy. There were dozens of shipbuilding yards in this part of Amsterdam, including those for the navy and the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
The main part of the Maritime Museum may be rather uninspiring for younger visitors. There is a wonderful royal barge which leads to more than 25 rooms featuring paintings, navigation instruments and model ships including old sailing vessels, luxury passenger ships and giant container ships. There are also scenes of sea battles and naval heroes, but it might be fascinating to trace the routes to far-away places on authentic maps, peer through a periscope, or visit a radar cabin. To end your tour, climb up to the watersport loft to see the beautiful old racing boats.
Temporary exhibitions are held twice a year and special events are regularly scheduled. One fantastic spectacle is the mustering of the crew of the Dutch East Indiaman. A few times a year visitors can also take a journey on the steamship Christiaan Brunings. During school holidays there are also special activities for children.
F (020) 52 32 213
E info@scheepvaartmuseum.nl
Easy access by public transport: from Amsterdam Central Station 5 minutes by bus, line 22 or 32, or a 15 minute walk, or by Museum Boat (Rederij Lovers, T (020) 622 21 81).
Open: Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Also open on Mondays from mid-June to mid-September. Closed on New Year''s Day and Queen''s day (30 April).
Prices 2003 adults children (6-17) seniors (65+) family ticket (max. 2 adults, 3 children) individual 7.00 4.00 6.00 18.00 group* 5.50 3.25 4.50
Guided tours
40.00 per guide per hour (max. 20 persons)*.
*only if reserved 3 weeks in advance
T 0031 20 52 32 238 (Anneke Rubbens, Monday-Thursday)
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Shops
Museumshop, T (020) 627 27 86.
Bookshop Navigare, T (020) 623 20 59.
Modelship shop Authentic Models, T (020) 624 66 01.
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Amsterdam
Tel: 0031 (0)20 52 32 222
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