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Accommodation Museums in Amsterdam are among the main tourist attractions. The Rijksmuseum,
Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum are the most popular choices, but there are
Hotels many, many more. Amsterdam has over fifty museums, which attract millions of
Transportation visitors every year. Alongside the wealth of magestic Golden Age paintings, you'll find
exciting modern art, press, film, theatre and photography museums and some unique
Entertainment
Dutch treats like the Heineken Experience, the Ajax Museum and the Houseboat
Shopping museum. And Amsterdam wouldn't be Amsterdam without the likes of the Sex, Erotic,
Tips for visitors Hash or Torture museums.
For kids there is the impressive NEMO; a hands-on, science and technology museum
housed in an unmissable, boat-shaped building. The Shipping Museum is also worth a
visit with its replica of a Dutch trading ship, docked at the front. Museums such as the
Tropical museum and Jewish museum also include children's section. The Museum
card is the ideal solution for museums and arts addicted, for tourists wishing to stay in
Amsterdam longer, or visiting museums also in other Dutch cities. Exept for these well
Amsterdam pictures known museums, there is a number of art galleries in Amsterdam.
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The Rijksmuseum is the largest museum in the
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The Rijksmuseum is a familiar Amsterdam landmark and
possesses an unrivalled collection of Dutch art, from
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Age. Location: Stadhouderskade 42, The museum
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Housing the municipal collection of modern art, this important museum
with wonderful collection of all biggest 20th C. artists, is going
See also through the difficult phase of reconstruction and enlargement. In the
The Netherlands period - August 28, 2010 - until January 9, 2011, temporary exhibit
Brussels will be open in its renovated old building in South Amsterdam. Location: Paulus
Potterstraat 13
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10/02/2010 Van Gogh Museum
The museum houses some 200 paintings and 550 sketches showing Van Gogh in all
his moods. These combined with hundreds of letters by Van Gogh to Theo, and
selected works by his friends and contemporaries, form the core of the museum's
collection. Location: Paulus Potterstraat 7, The museum quarter.
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Houseboat museum
Ever wondered what it is like to live right on the canals of
Amsterdam? This is your chance to visit a former sailing
vessel, although the houseboat is no longer used as a
home, it looks like the owner could pop back in at any
moment.
Location: Prinsengracht, opposite 296
Bilderdijk Museum
Willem Bilderdijk has been an important Dutch poet, writer and thinker of the 19th
century. At the age of six, he had an accident as a result of which, he had to stay at
home for many years, until his adulthood. Love of books and studies he developed as
a boy, marked his whole life. Today, Bilderdijk remains important as one of the
thinkers who argued in his writings for the creation of the constitutional monarchy in
the Netherlands, reinstating the Dynasty of Orange on the Dutch throne and against
social revolution and liberalism. A small museum bestowed to him, preserves the
memory of Bilderdijk - the person and that of his writings.
Museum Vrolik
A collection of abnormal embryos, skulls and bones, as well as other unusual
anatomical human and zoological specimens. The museum has been made named
after the collection founders - Gerardus Vrolik (1755-1859) and his son Willem Vrolik
(1801-1863), both anatomy professors and scientific authorities in their times. The
museum is now located in the modern Academic Medical Center hospital, out of the
city center, in the South East,- Amsterdam new business and commerce area.
Location: Meibergdreef 15 (Amsterdam Z.O.)
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Museum Kromhout
Named after the owners of the famous Dutch shipyard
and the producers of ship engines Museum Shipyard “’t
Kromhout” is beautifully located at the waterfront, side be
side with a working small shipyard. Consisting mainly of
the collection of small ship engines produced by
Kromhout, most of them hundred years old, nevertheless
often maintained in a working condition, this museum will
appeal to all people fascinated by shipbuilding, ship
engines and industrial heritage in general. Location: Hoogte Kadijk 147
Multatuli Museum
The most important Dutch writer of the 19th century took his penname Multatuli (much
experienced) from Roman poet Ovid. Born in Amsterdam in 1820 as Eduard Douwes
Dekker, a son of ship captain, Multatuli achieved through his writings prominence
lasting until our days. A small museum in the house of his birth, reminds his life and
his writings.
Vodka Museum
The newest of Amsterdam museums, it is located on Damrak,
almost in front of the Central Station. The Vodka Museum
features a small, professionally organized exhibit about the history
of Russian Vodka. The timeline is completed with some unique,
interesting vodka bottles, as well as hundreds of sorts of vodka
from Russia and other countries, ironically completed by some old
anti-alcohol drinking posters from the Soviet era. And while the
times have changed, an elegant Museum Bar makes the vodka
consumption possible directly on the spot, in the museum.
Location: Damrak 33
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Hermitage in Amsterdam
A small dependence of the famous Hermitage museum
of Saint Petersburg, Russia, organizes each year two
interesting exhibitions. Check their website for the current
show - if the subject does interest you, it will be certainly
worth seeing, because these exhibits are usually
intersting and well presented. The Hermitage Amsterdam
has some big development plans linked to the adaptation
of the Amstelhof – an old and beautiful building at the
Amstel River. It should make of Hermitage dependence
one of the biggest museums in Amsterdam. Location:
building Neerlandia, Nieuwe Herengracht 14
Museum Willet-Holthuysen
An impressive collection of furniture, silverware and paintings housed in a beautiful
preserved 17th-century canalside mansion. How did a wealthy family live in an
Amsterdam canal house? Find out in this 17-th century mansion.
Location: Herengracht 605, South-East of the city center, near the river Amstel.
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Film museum
The collection of the film museum consists of thousands of movies, photos, posters
and scripts of Dutch and international movies. Exclusive masterpieces of cinema
history are show every day since the museum is often the only place which has the
equipment to show them.
Location: Vondelpark 3
NEMO
Right next the Central Station is the largest futuristic science center in the
Netherlands, housed in a ship like building designed by Renzo Piano. Here you can
be amazed by the world of science and technology. Contrary to other museums, here
you must touch the collection and experiment with it.
Location: Oosterdok 2
www.e-nemo.nl
Madame Tussauds
No time to book a visit with princes Maxima? You can see her every day, right next to
Kylie Minogue, Bono and Bob Marley. A bit of culture perhaps? Watch Rembrandt at
work in his atelier. Life size and frighteningly lifelike.
Location: Dam square
FOAM – photography
Be inspired by the exhibitions in this museum for photography. Join the discussions,
study and mingle with the professionals. Your holiday snaps will never be the same
again.
Location: Keizersgracht 609
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www.verzetsmuseum.org
Pianola Museum
A small museum of pianolas displays automatic pianos
form the beginning of the 20th century, which were
reproducing music using the carton rolls with a hole for
each music note. Pianolas were very popular until
1930's. They had seemed to be an invention of the
future. The later development of the phonographic
industry made the pianolas obsolete. The museum has
15 original instruments and 20 000 paper music rolls. The
Pianola Museum is located in the Jordaan, in a short walk distance from the Anne
Frank Museum.
Location: Westerstraat 106.
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by René van Zuuk. You can find there different exhibitions throughout the year, and
once a month a distinguished architect is invited to talk about his or her work.
Location: Prins Hendrikkade 600 (just in front of Nemo, low on the quayside).
Ajax Museum
This history of Ajax football club, images of 100 years of
football legends from these “Sons of the Gods”, one of
the best know teams in the Netherlands and across the
borders.
Location: Amsterdam ArenA, Arena Boulevard 29,
Amsterdam ZO
www.ajax.nl
Sex museum
Another must when in Amsterdam: The Venustemple
houses an extensive collection of erotic paintings,
pictures, objects and recordings from different ages and
cultures all over the world.
Location: Damrak 18
www.sexmuseumamsterdam.nl
Torture museum
This small and dark museum shows some of the most horrid inventions to torture and
execute people. Complete with straps, spikes, weights and blades, these machines
will make you thankful that they are no longer used in modern times.
Location: Singel 449
Erotic Museum
Located right in the hart of the red-light district, this
museum reflects the history of the area. Five floors full of
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Heineken Experience
No visit is complete without taking a peek in the breweries of the worlds best beer.
Find out everything you wanted to know about the history of beer making and take a
bottleride to see the process of beer making from beginning until the end.
Location: Stadhouderskade 78
www.heinekenexperience.com
Diamond Museum
A small and elegant museum organized by an important Amsterdam trader in these
precious stones – Coster Diamonds. An interesting exhibit has been visualized by all
modern multimedia means. Diamond Museum is conveniently located in a direct
proximity of Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum.
Location: Paulus Potterstraat 8, The museum quarter.
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