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Willet-Holthuysen Museum

Address: Herengracht 605, Centrum, Amsterdam
Phone: 020/523-1822
www.willetholthuysen.nl

Category: Museums/Galleries, Houses/Mansions
Location: Canal Ring

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Fodor's Review:

Few houses are open to the public along the Herengracht, so make a beeline to this mansion to see Grachtengordel (Canal Ring) luxury at its best. In 1895, the widow Sandrina Louisa Willet-Holthuysen donated the house and contents—which included her husband's extensive art collection—to the city of Amsterdam. You can wander through this 17th-century canal house, now under the management of Amsterdam's Historisch Museum, and discover all its original 18th-century interiors, complete with that era's mod cons from ballroom to cabinet des merveilles (rarities cabinet). You can air out the aura of Dutch luxury by lounging in the French-style garden in the back.

Cost: EUR 5
Open: Weekdays 10-5, weekends 11-5

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What a great site!
3 responses; most recent on 11/27/2009 at 01:19 PM
The Toren Hotel in Amsterdam, or other good hotel in quiet location
4 responses; most recent on 11/27/2009 at 11:59 AM
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3 responses; most recent on 11/26/2009 at 07:27 AM