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Museum van Loon Review
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Museum van Loon
- Address: Keizersgracht 672, Centrum, Amsterdam
- Phone: 020/624-5255
- www.museumvanloon.nl
- Category: Museums/Galleries, Houses/Mansions
- Location: Canal Ring
Fodor's Review:
Once home to one of Rembrandt's most successful students, Ferdinand Bol, this twin house, built in 1672 by Adriaan Dortsman, was occupied by the Van Loon family from 1886 to 1960. After extensive restoration of the house and facade, the museum opened to depict opulent canal-side living. Along with wonderful period rooms, the house is filled with 80 portraits of the Van Loon family, which follow their history back to the 17th century when one of them helped found the East India Company. Up the copper staircase are salons containing paintings known as witjes, illusionistic depictions of landscapes and other scenes. Don't miss the real landscape out back: an exquisitely elegant garden of trimmed hedgerows.
- Cost: EUR 6
- Open: Wed.-Mon. 11-5. Closed Tues.
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