Museums

More information about museums can be found at www.amsterdammuseums.nl.

The information on this page was derived from a brochure 'Free Map Guide to 32 Museums', available from the VVV, Travelocity.com, the sites of the museums listed and the author's memory. Information may be incorrect; it is best to check before making plans.

Listings

• Ajax Museum
• Allard Pierson Museum
• Amstelkring Museum
• Amsterdam Botanic Garden
• Amsterdam Historical Museum
• Amsterdam Municipal Archives
• Anne Frank House
• De Appel Foundation
• Amsterdam Centre for Architecture
• Artis Amsterdam Zoo Zoological and Geological Museum
• Beurs van Berlage Museum
• Biblical Museum
• Dutch Resistance Museum
• Erotic Museum "The Art of Erotics"
• Hash Marijuana Hemp Museum
• Huis Marseille-Foundation for Photography
• Jewish Historical Museum
• KIT Tropenmuseum
• Madam Tussaud's Scenerama
• Museum van Loon
• The National Trade Union Museum
• NEMO
• Netherlands Maritime Museum Amsterdam
• Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Art
• De Nieuwe Kerk
• The Old Church
• Open Harbour Museum
• The Rembrandt House Museum
• Royal Place
• Rijksmuseum
• Sexmuseum Amsterdam Venustempel
• Stedelijk Museum
• Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
• Tattoo Museum
• Theatre Museum
• Torture Museum
• University Museum
• Van Gogh Museum
• Willet-Holthuysen Museum
• Woonboot Museum (Houseboat Museum)

The more than 100 year history of the Amsterdam football (soccer) club Ajax.

An archaeological museum with objects from ancient mediterranean cultures.

A museum with 17th century period rooms and an attic church.

One of the oldest botanic gardens.

A museum about Amsterdam.

Archives and collections open to the public.

The hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her diary.

Centre for contemporary art.

Exhibitions on architecture.

A very old zoo.

Exhibitions on architecture and applied arts.

Bible and culture located in canal houses from 1662.

The Netherlands during WWII.

A sex museum.

A museum on hash, marijuana and hemp.

A museum of photography with changing exhibitions.

Aspects of Dutch Judaism housed in former synagogues.

The daily lives of people in the tropics.

The Amsterdam version of the attraction with Dutch characters in addition to the international favorites.

A restored home of the van Loon family.

History of Dutch trade unions.

"A voyage of discovery between fantasy and reality."

Maritime collection and Dutch East Indiaman Amsterdam.

The field of media-art.

Late Gothic building housing art exhibitions. The building where Dutch monarchs are officially inaugurated. Admiral de Ruyter is buried in the church.

Oldest monument in Amsterdam (c. 1250).

Maritime history of Amsterdam.

Rembrandt's 17th-century house restored to reflect his life and era.

17th century art in its original setting.

The largest museum in the Netherlands with works by famous painters such as Rembrandt and Vermeer. Currently housing an exhibition: 'Two Golden Centuries, paintings from the Netherlands and Denmark.'

A sex museum.

Contemporary and modern art.

New Amsterdam art trends.

The history and current practice of tattooing around the world.

A view of Dutch theatre past and present.

Torture devices.

Exhibitions about the history of science and student life.

The museum with the world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh. Currently housing an exhibition: 'Paul Signac, Master of Pointalism.'

A 17th century mansion.

The Hendrika Maria (1914) serves as a museum.

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