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Museums/Galleries in Amsterdam
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Allard Pierson Museum
Once the repository of the nation's gold supply, this former National... |
Museums / Galleries | Old City Center |
Amsterdam Museum
Any city that began in the 13th century as a boggy swamp to become... |
Museums / Galleries | Old City Center |
Anne Frankhuis
Anne Frank, one of the most famous authors of the 20th century... |
Museums / Galleries | Western Canal Ring |
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ARCAM
Architecture Centrum Amsterdam is dedicated to promoting modern... |
Museums / Galleries | Waterfront |
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Beurs van Berlage
Down otherwise tacky Damrak is the old stock-exchange building... |
Museums / Galleries | Old City Center |
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Bijbels Museum
Although this museum does indeed have a massive collection of... |
Museums / Galleries | Western Canal Ring |
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Erotic Museum
"Five floors of highly suggestive trinkets and photos" is probably... |
Museums / Galleries | Old City Center |
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FOAM
Dutch photographers such as Inez van Lamsweerde, Vinoodh Matadin... |
Museums / Galleries | Eastern Canal Ring |
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Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum
One would think that more effort could have gone into the name... |
Museums / Galleries | Old City Center |
Hermitage Amsterdam
Taking advantage of 300 years of historical links between Amsterdam... |
Museums / Galleries | Jewish Quarter |
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Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Designed by Daniël Stalpaert in 1656 as a storehouse for... |
Museums / Galleries | Old City Center |
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Huis Marseille
This cutting-edge, contemporary photography museum is housed... |
Museums / Galleries | Western Canal Ring |
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Joods Historisch Museum
Four Ashkenazi synagogues (or shuls, as they are called in Yiddish)... |
Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites | Jewish Quarter |
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Madame Tussauds Amsterdam
This branch of the world-famous wax museum, above the Peek &... |
Museums / Galleries | Old City Center |
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Multatuli Huis
This museum honors the beliefs and work (and continues the legacy)... |
Museums / Galleries | Western Canal Ring |
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Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis
Don't miss this canal-house museum with an unusual entrance on... |
Museums / Galleries | Eastern Canal Ring |
Museum het Rembrandthuis
This is the house that Rembrandt bought, flush with success... |
Museums / Galleries | Jewish Quarter |
Museum van Loon
Once home to one of Rembrandt's most successful students, Ferdinand... |
Museums / Galleries | Eastern Canal Ring |
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Pijpenkabinet
Considering Amsterdam's rich history of tobacco trading and its... |
Museums / Galleries | Western Canal Ring |
Rijksmuseum
The Netherlands' greatest museum, the famed Rijksmuseum is home... |
Museums / Galleries | Museum District |
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Stadsarchief Amsterdam
Established in 1914, the city's archives comprise millions of... |
Museums / Galleries | Eastern Canal Ring |
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art
Amsterdam's celebrated treasurehouse of modern art, the Stedelijk... |
Museums / Galleries | Museum District |
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Tassenmuseum Hendrikje
Housed in a building from 1664, this unusual museum has the largest... |
Museums / Galleries | Eastern Canal Ring |
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Tropenmuseum
The country's largest anthropological museum was first built... |
Museums / Galleries | East of the Amstel |
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Vakbondsmuseum
The history of Dutch trade unions may not seem especially scintillating... |
Museums / Galleries | East of the Amstel |
Van Gogh Museum
Opened in 1973, this remarkable light-infused building—based... |
Museums / Galleries | Museum District |
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Verzetsmuseum
From May 14, 1940, to May 5, 1945, the Netherlands was occupied... |
Museums / Galleries | East of the Amstel |
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Werfmuseum 't Kromhout
Started in 1757 by Doede Jansen Kromhout, a ship's carpenter... |
Museums / Galleries | Waterfront |
Willet-Holthuysen Museum
Here's a rare chance to experience what it was like to live in... |
Museums / Galleries | Eastern Canal Ring |
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Woonbootmuseum
There are around 2,250 houseboats in Amsterdam (and one especially... |
Museums / Galleries | Western Canal Ring |
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