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Amsterdam Museums: A Complete Guide to All Museums in the City

Amsterdam Museums: A Complete Guide to All Museums in the City

Posted by | Jan 14, 2026 | , , ,

…am Specialised and niche museums in Amsterdam Playful and tourist-oriented museums Major museums in Amsterdam: art, history & culture 1. Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum is the most famous Amsterdam museum and the national museum of the Netherlands. It tells the story of 800 years of Dutch history through art, objects, and documents, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Its most celebrated works include Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, Vermeer’s The M…

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Best Amsterdam Passes 2026: Tourist Cards, Transport & Discounts for Locals

Best Amsterdam Passes 2026: Tourist Cards, Transport & Discounts for Locals

Posted by | Jun 4, 2025 | , , ,

…rth it for 2 days? Usually yes. The 48h card breaks even at roughly 3 paid museums plus public transport. If you plan 4+ museums and a canal cruise across two days, you’ll save €30–50 compared to buying separately. Which Amsterdam pass is best for families with kids? Go City Amsterdam Pass. It’s the only mainstream city pass with a proper child rate (ages 3–12), and its attraction list (Heineken Experience, Madame Tussauds, NEMO, the Dungeon) lean…

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Unfinished Past. Inside the Debate on Restitution at Wereldmuseum

Unfinished Past. Inside the Debate on Restitution at Wereldmuseum

Posted by | May 9, 2025 | ,

…discussion led also to a question that some visitors may be wondering: If museums return every object to its country of origin, what will ethnographic museums show? Will they cease to exist? The answer is clear: no, they won’t. As Wayne Modest explained, museums continue to collect new items and tell new stories — about the past, but also about the present. Statue of standing man Artist unknown; Africa, Congo, Woyo; before 1952 The Unfinished Pas…

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Day Trip to Leiden: Rembrandt’s Birthplace and the Netherlands’ Oldest University City

Day Trip to Leiden: Rembrandt’s Birthplace and the Netherlands’ Oldest University City

Posted by | Jul 24, 2026 | ,

…o world music, take place in gardens you would otherwise never get to see. Museums With 13 museums packed into its compact historic centre, Leiden has one of the highest concentrations of museums in the Netherlands. If you only have time for one, pick from the four below, but on a longer visit, the museum quarter alone can fill a day. ⏺ Museum De Lakenhal Museum De Lakenhal is Leiden’s main museum for art and history, housed since 1874 in the city…

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Museums Are Open Again: Ten Amsterdam Exhibitions I’m Looking Forward to This Year (2022)

Museums Are Open Again: Ten Amsterdam Exhibitions I’m Looking Forward to This Year (2022)

Posted by | Feb 3, 2022 | ,

…priorities are visiting museums and attending dance shows again. Amsterdam museums are eager to receive visits and they have prepared many cool exhibitions for us! I’ve made a list of the exhibitions I look forward to and I thought I should share it with you, for inspiration. Museum exhibitions in Amsterdam, 2022 Van Gogh and the Olive Groves, at Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (11 March-12 June 2022). More than a dozen paintings of olive groves by V…

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The Dutch Love for Day Trips: Exploring the Culture of “Dagje Weg”

The Dutch Love for Day Trips: Exploring the Culture of “Dagje Weg”

Posted by | Jan 13, 2025 | , ,

…essenscheepjes Museum (Bottle ship museum) in Enkhuizen, there are so many museums to discover in the Netherlands! Don’t forget to add on your list the amazing outdoor museums where you can learn a lot about Dutch history: Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen and Openlucht Museum Arnhem. Nature and Outdoors There are 21 national parks in the Netherlands, and many other small reserves and parks. To mention only a few: Hoge Veluwe National Park, De Biesbos…

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30 Things You Must Do in Amsterdam on Your First Visit

30 Things You Must Do in Amsterdam on Your First Visit

Posted by | May 15, 2026 | ,

…rica, the Art Zoo Museum for a special experience. ↪ Find the full list of museums here: Amsterdam Museums Guide: A Complete Overview of All Museums in Amsterdam. ↪ Official Van Gogh Guided Museum Tour Rijksmuseum hall of fame 9. Hear live music at a Dutch institution The Concertgebouw on Museumplein has acoustics that musicians worldwide consider among the best on Earth, and there are free lunch concerts every Wednesday at 12:30 (but you need to…

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Things to Do in Tilburg: A Complete Guide to the Dutch Wool City

Things to Do in Tilburg: A Complete Guide to the Dutch Wool City

Posted by | Aug 13, 2026 | , ,

…e all at their loveliest and the festival calendar is busy. That said, the museums and the Spoorzone work in any weather, which makes Tilburg a genuinely good option for a grey Dutch afternoon. A Suggested One-Day Itinerary 10:00 — Arrive at Tilburg Centraal. Coffee in the LocHal, then a slow walk through the rest of the Spoorzone. 11:15 — Walk north to the TextielMuseum, about twenty minutes, and give it an hour and a half including the lab. 13:0…

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Beautiful Museums: Mauritshuis, a World-Class Museum in The Hague

Beautiful Museums: Mauritshuis, a World-Class Museum in The Hague

Posted by | Mar 29, 2024 | ,

…the houses of Dutch families from the 17th century. Compared to the famous museums in Amsterdam, the museums of The Hague are not crowded, and you can have a very relaxed visit, admiring the art at your own pace, without worrying that you have to make space for the next visitors. Even the Girl with a Pearl Earring is very accessible, and you can easily have your selfie with her without waiting in a queue 🙂 Next to the permanent collection, the mus…

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Upcoming Exhibitions and Art Events This Autumn – Amsterdam and Beyond

Upcoming Exhibitions and Art Events This Autumn – Amsterdam and Beyond

Posted by | Aug 27, 2026 | ,

…Events in Amsterdam: Your Month-by-Month Guide ↪ A guide of all Amsterdam Museums: Amsterdam Museums: A Complete Guide to All Museums in the City For a monthly curated list of events and exhibitions, subscribe to our newsletter! Subscribe to our newsletter! By continuing, you accept the privacy policy Photo by Kröller-Müller Museum Exhibitions beyond Amsterdam Van Gogh, All Our Paintings, Kröller-Müller Museum, 15 September 2026 – 3 January 2027….

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