Amsterdam - Historic House Museums
Apr 14th, 2010, 04:26 AM
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Amsterdam - Historic House Museums
On an upcoming trip to Amsterdam, I was hoping to see the Amstelkring Museum, but I see the website shows it under renovation, and the attic church itself looks gutted.
My travel companions and I are interested in historic houses and interiors, and I had hoped to fit in a couple of house museums. In addition to the Willet-Holthuysen, would Museum Van Loon be a good choice? Is there another house I haven't heard of?
(Anne Frank's house is on our list, too, but that's in a different category....)
My travel companions and I are interested in historic houses and interiors, and I had hoped to fit in a couple of house museums. In addition to the Willet-Holthuysen, would Museum Van Loon be a good choice? Is there another house I haven't heard of?
(Anne Frank's house is on our list, too, but that's in a different category....)
Apr 15th, 2010, 04:22 AM
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This one is only open on certain days of the week but it seems to fill your needs
http://www.amsterdam.info/museums/ge...hinlopen-huis/
http://www.amsterdam.info/museums/ge...hinlopen-huis/
Apr 15th, 2010, 07:47 AM
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Thanks a million for the link to the Geelvinck-Hinlopen House!
It's right up my alley, and I hadn't heard about that one yet. I went to the museum's website, which doesn't have an English translation, and it says (if I can belive to Google translator) that it's closed Tuesdays and Thursdays, but open other days from 11-5.
I so appreciate your help!
It's right up my alley, and I hadn't heard about that one yet. I went to the museum's website, which doesn't have an English translation, and it says (if I can belive to Google translator) that it's closed Tuesdays and Thursdays, but open other days from 11-5.
I so appreciate your help!
Apr 15th, 2010, 08:57 AM
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From November 2009 onwards, the church and the interior of the monument will be restored. However, the museum will remain open.
the Amstelkring web site says the above - and since i was there in January 2010 the place is open, though being restored - that expalins why the church itself looked like a work in progress - still go as i found it a fascinating place - only takes a short while and is covered by the National Museum Card that if you go to the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh museums practically pays for itself just with those two but includes dozens of lesser known ones like the Lord in the Attic and Hermitage (in a neat old canal house) and the Bibles Museum - in another neat old canal townhouse, etc. Buy it at any museum. Good for one year and all over Holland.
the Amstelkring web site says the above - and since i was there in January 2010 the place is open, though being restored - that expalins why the church itself looked like a work in progress - still go as i found it a fascinating place - only takes a short while and is covered by the National Museum Card that if you go to the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh museums practically pays for itself just with those two but includes dozens of lesser known ones like the Lord in the Attic and Hermitage (in a neat old canal house) and the Bibles Museum - in another neat old canal townhouse, etc. Buy it at any museum. Good for one year and all over Holland.
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I second a visit to the Van Loon and the Cat Museum, each takes only a couple of hours. You may also consider the Het Loo palace, its a day trip from Amsterdam in Apleldoorn, train and 1 bus, but well worth it, mini Versaille, beautiful gardens, given to the state in mid 1980's, so not run down like Versaille.
