Museums/Galleries in Amsterdam

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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...
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Museums / Galleries Old City Center
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Amsterdams Historisch Museum
Any city that began in the 13th century as a sinking bog to eventually...
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Museums / Galleries Old City Center
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Anne Frankhuis
Anne Frank is by far one of the most famous authors of the 20th...
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Museums / Galleries Canal Ring
 
ArCam
Architecture Centrum Amsterdam is dedicated to modern Dutch architecture...
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Museums / Galleries Old City Center
 
Beurs van Berlage
Even though some people think the Beurs looks a bit blocky, it...
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Museums / Galleries, Arts / Performance Venues, Architectural Sites Old City Center
 
Bijbels Museum
Although this museum does indeed have a massive collection of...
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Museums / Galleries Canal Ring
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Erotic Museum
"Five floors of highly suggestive trinkets and photos" is probably...
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Museums / Galleries Old City Center
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Gemeente Archief
Established in 1914, this noble institution, which is open to...
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Museums / Galleries, Libraries Canal Ring
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Hash Marijuana Hemp Museum
One would think that more effort could have gone into the name...
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Museums / Galleries Old City Center
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Hermitage aan de Amstel
Taking advantage of 300 years of historical links between Amsterdam...
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Museums / Galleries East of the Amstel
 
Huis met Hoofden
The Greek deities of Apollo, Ceres, Mars, Minerva, Bacchus, and...
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Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites Canal Ring
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Joods Historisch Museum
Four Ashkenazi synagogues (or shuls, as they are called in Yiddish)...
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Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites Old City Center
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Madame Tussauds Amsterdam
This branch of the world-famous wax museum, above the Peek &...
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Museums / Galleries Old City Center
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Multatuli-Huis
This museum honors the beliefs and work (and continues the legacy)...
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Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites Canal Ring
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Museum Amstelkring
With its elegant gray-and-white facade and spout gable, this...
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Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites Old City Center
 
Museum het Rembrandthuis
One of Amsterdam's more remarkable relics, this house was bought...
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Museums / Galleries Old City Center
 
Museum van Loon
Once home to one of Rembrandt's most successful students, Ferdinand...
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Museums / Galleries, Houses / Mansions Canal Ring
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Museum Werf 't Kromhout
Started in 1757 by Kromhout, a ship's carpenter whose name literally...
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Museums / Galleries, Nautical Sites Old City Center
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Nederlands Filmmuseum
Gracing the Vondelpark is the Netherlands Film Museum, an elegant...
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Museums / Galleries, Arts / Performance Venues Museum District
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Nederlands Theatermuseum
Amsterdam has dozens of Golden Age house museums, but few are...
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Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites Canal Ring
 
Pijpenkabinet
Considering Amsterdam's rich history of tobacco trading and its...
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Museums / Galleries Canal Ring
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Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum is home to Rembrandt's Night Watch, Vermeer's...
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Museums / Galleries Museum District
 
Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh
Opened in 1973, this remarkable, light-infused building, based...
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Museums / Galleries Museum District
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Stedelijk Museum
Hot and happening modern art has one of the world's most respected...
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Museums / Galleries Museum District
 
Tropenmuseum
The country's largest anthropological museum was first built...
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Museums / Galleries, Educational Institutions East of the Amstel
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Vakbondsmuseum
The history of Dutch trade unions may not seem especially scintillating...
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Museums / Galleries, Architectural Sites East of the Amstel
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Verzetsmuseum
This museum was set up by Dutch Resistance to share stories about...
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Museums / Galleries East of the Amstel
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Waag
Built in the center of the square in 1488, the Waag functioned...
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Museums / Galleries Old City Center
 
Willet-Holthuysen Museum
Few houses are open to the public along the Herengracht, so make...
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Museums / Galleries, Houses / Mansions Canal Ring
 
Woonboatmuseum
In Amsterdam nearly 8,000 people (and a whole gaggle of cats...
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Museums / Galleries Canal Ring
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