Museums in Amsterdam


Want to do something else than ride a bike or go on a canal cruise? Than we have good news: museums in Amsterdam are amazing. If you like going to museums you’ll be enlightened by the wide variety of museums in Amsterdam. Besides the world-famous Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam counts 50 more less-known museums. This leaves you absolutely no time to be bored! On this page you will learn everything about the Amsterdam museums and orcourse which are the best museums in Amsterdam.

Best museums in Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum is home to masterpieces of famous Dutch Artists. Discover Rembrandt’s Nightwatch and over 8000 other paintings, sculptures, and artifacts. The majestic building from the 19th century that houses the museum has been fully restored in 2013.

Van Gogh Museum

Van Gogh Museum

Check out the biggest collection of Van Gogh’s iconic artworks in the world! The museum is one of the best-appreciated museums globally. Learn more about the life of the man behind the artworks.

Anne Frank House

Anne Frank House

In the Anne Frank museum, you’ll get to see the actual hideout where Anne wrote her diary. In memorial of the people who suffered during the horrors of WOII.

Our House - Electronic Dance Music Museum

Our House - Electronic Dance Music Museum

Dive into the history of electronic and dance music in Amsterdam. Visit one of Amsterdam’s most unique and vital museums and learn about the beauty of one of the world’s most energetic music genres.

National Maritime Museum

National Maritime Museum

Discover over 500 years of maritime history of the Dutch. Go on board an exact replica of the East Indiaman, a sailing ship from 1749, and feel like a sailor man or maybe even a pirate!

Stedelijk Museum

Stedelijk Museum

The Stedelijk Museum is the place where modern and contemporary art comes to life. Highlights in art and design from 1880 to now. Expect to find art in all different forms from a variety of renowned artists, such as Karel Appel.

Hermitage Amsterdam

Hermitage Amsterdam

Visit this unique branch of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest museums in the world. Located beautifully on the Amstel River, you can witness how the Dutch became a world power during “the Golden age”.

Red Light Secrets – museum of prostitution

Red Light Secrets – museum of prostitution

The open character of the prostitution area in Amsterdam is one of the city’s most discussed topics. At the Red Light Secrets museum, you’ll be granted a look behind the scenes.

Rembrandts Amsterdam Experience

Rembrandts Amsterdam Experience

If you're looking the learn more about the life of one of the Netherland's most iconic artists in a fun, exciting way, Rembrandts Experience is the place to go! In only 25 minutes you'll get some of the most interesting insights into the life of this world-renowned artist.

NEMO Science Centre

NEMO Science Centre

The most exciting way to learn about science. This fully interactive museum is great fun for both young and old. Difficult matters are explained with the aid of experiments.

Dutch resistance museum

Dutch resistance museum

Fascinating stories about the Dutch resistance during WOII. Known locally as ‘De Verzetsmuseum’, the Dutch Resistance Museum Amsterdam sheds light on the resistance of the Dutch to the Nazis with the use of pictures, films and artefacts.

The Upside Down

The Upside Down

The real social media fans amongst us can't return home without tons of likeable content. Now, Amsterdam is a place that, by itself, has a lot to offer in terms of instagramable hotspots. However, if you want to take it to the next level and shoot some epic material for your social following and make yourself a star, The Upside Down is the place to go!

Moco Museum

Moco Museum

The Modern Contemporary (Moco) Museum in Amsterdam houses a collection of artwork by unparalleled artists from the past century. The Alsberg townhouse where the museum has found a residence, built in 1904, creates a nice backdrop for the artists it showcases.

STRAAT street art museum

STRAAT street art museum

STRAAT is the world's largest museum dedicated to street art. With over 8000 squared metres of exhibition space, the museum has an impressive collection of some of the finest artworks from international artists.

Tropenmuseum

Tropenmuseum

The tropical museum is all about people, and former Dutch colonies. It is housed in one of the most impressive museum buildings in the Netherlands. The story about humankind will be told via permanent displayed and often changing exhibitions.

Fabrique des Lumières

Fabrique des Lumières

Fabrique des Lumières in Amsterdam uses state-of-the-art technology to bring the greatest artworks to life. Buy your tickets and go on a journey through surrealist artworks by the greatest artists in history.

Madame Tussauds – wax museum

Madame Tussauds – wax museum

Take a selfie with the Dutch Royal family! The wax museum on Amsterdam Dam Square features wax statues of both Dutch and international celebrities such as actors, soccer players and artists.

BODY WORLDS Amsterdam

BODY WORLDS Amsterdam

BODY WORLDS Amsterdam takes you on a journey through the human body. The theme of the exhibition is ‘The Happiness Project’, it will take you on a quest to the anatomical effects of happiness. Models in the museum are made of real, plastinated bodies.

Foam Museum

Foam Museum

The Foam Museum in Amsterdam exhibits the art of photography from both well-known and up-and-coming international artists. With its focus on contemporary photography that often reflects and challenges society, the museum is able to maintain a fresh outlook on the art world.

Heineken Experience

Heineken Experience

Learn all about this world famous beer brand. This museum in the former brewery will teach all about the history of the company and its way to the top!

Sex Museum

Sex Museum

What does sex/pornography look like throughout time? While it may seem to be just a museum full of sex and nudity, the collection strives to create a noteworthy sense of understanding and acceptance toward all forms of sensual and self-love.

Diamond Museum

Diamond Museum

From polishing to the fabrication of jewellery, learn all about these valuable stones. et up by Coster Diamonds, a 200-year-old diamond polishing and trading firm, the museum aims to be a centre of learning and exhibition for diamond enthusiasts.

Houseboat Museum

Houseboat Museum

Visit the smallest, most unique museum in the world. As unique as the Amsterdam Canals, are the Houseboats. Find out what it must be like living in one of the canal boats.

WONDR Experience: Pop-up Museum Amsterdam

WONDR Experience: Pop-up Museum Amsterdam

WONDR is the home of the coolest Instagram photos. WONDR Amsterdam is an artistic playground of 1200m² with fifteen interactive installation spaces. Every space is an experience on its own, each featuring collaborations with young Dutch artists.

Torture museum

Torture museum

Torture Museum Amsterdam is a small museum in Amsterdam that lays bare the morbid past of Europe for all to see. There are objects like; the Guillotine, the Rack and Stocks, the Thumb Screws and the Flute of Shame.

Amsterdam City Museum

Amsterdam City Museum

We believe Amsterdam to be truly addictive. The history of Amsterdam is fascinating: from an insignificant fishing village in the 13th century, to the most powerful centre of trade in the world in the 17th century. That rich history comes to life in the Amsterdam Museum.

Museum of Bags and Purses

Museum of Bags and Purses

The museum of bags and purses presents visitors with a chance to marvel at a beautiful collection of bags in a 17th-century canal house. Each bag or purse tells its own unique story.

Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum

Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum

Amsterdam is known for its coffee shops and the recreational purposes of smoking cannabis. The Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum, located in the popular Amsterdam Red Light District, was founded in 1985 and is the oldest museum in the world that educates people on cannabis.

Canal Museum

Canal Museum

The story of Amsterdams' canals is told in the Canal Museum, also known as Het Grachtenhuis. Travel through time with interactive multimedia exhibitions and discover 400 years of history.

Micropia

Micropia

Micropia is an award winning museum where you discover all kinds of organisms through pictures that were cast under the lens of an microscope. The gallery is part of Artis Zoo and shows living organisms can be found anywhere and on everything.

Erotic Museum

Erotic Museum

In the middle of the Red Light District, this Erotic Museum tells you everything you need to know about the Netherlands' erotic history. Take a look at the collection of erotic objects, posters and photographs.

Eye Film Museum

Eye Film Museum

Cross the river at central station and visit this beautifull building: Eye Film Museum. In this museum all movie lovers come to be wowed by the wonders of cinema from both the old days and modern times.

Huis Marseille

Huis Marseille

The oldest photography museum in Amsterdam is Huis Marseille. The old building housing the museum on Amsterdam’s famous Keizersgracht and the temporary exhibitions are both exquisite and impressive.

Jewish Cultural Quarter

Jewish Cultural Quarter

The only museum in the Netherlands that focusses solely on Judaism can be found in Amsterdam: Jewish Cultural Quarter. This historical museums gives a unique and, at times, sentimental look into the past, present, and future of the Jewish religion.

Kattenkabinet (Cat Cabinet)

Kattenkabinet (Cat Cabinet)

The Cat Cabinet is completely devoted to cats. The museum organizes temporary exhibitions but all of her work features at least something that has to do with cats. If you are a cat lover, do not miss this museum.

Ons' Lieve Heer Op Solder

Ons' Lieve Heer Op Solder

Experience the Dutch Golden Age in a beautifull and unique 17th-century house with a church in the attic. Visit the church and look at the art of the best painters in history. The Museum Ons' Lieve Heer Op Solder is one of the oldest museums of Amsterdam.

Portuguese Synagogue

Portuguese Synagogue

The Portuguese Synagogue is part of the Jewish Cultural Quarter. It tells the story of Jewish refugees in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Synagogue is still used as an important place of worship and services are still held every week.

Rembrandt House Museum

Rembrandt House Museum

The Rembrandt House Museum is actually located in the house of the famous Rembrandt van Rijn. The museum shows one of the world’s largest collections of Rembrandt’s art, from ancient to contemporary.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not

Ripley’s Believe It or Not

Ripley’s Believe It or Not is where you meet the people who made it into the Guinness Book of World Records and hear the stories behind the rare pieces of art collected by world traveller Robert Ripley. It is one of those weird things to do in Amsterdam.

Museum Vrolik

Museum Vrolik

Vrolik Museum is, without a doubt, one of Amsterdam’s most unique and unusual museums. It is home to an extraordinary collection of medical case studies, accrued by 19th-century medical professor Gerardus Vrolik, his son Willem and numerous other medical professionals.

Amsterdam Museums on the city map

The majority of the museums of Amsterdam are concentrated in the city centre. You’ll never have to travel to get from one to another. In the city map below we pointed out all the museums features on this website.

Amsterdam museum tickets

As the museums in Amsterdam attract millions of visitors a year, acquiring museum tickets upfront is a good idea. Considering the Rijksmuseum itself takes in over 2.2 million visitors each year, you can imagine the queues especially in high season. Luckily you also have the option purchasing this Amsterdam museum tickets online, so you can skip the line. It will save you lots of time and also money as the online tickets are often a bit cheaper.  We try and provide every Amsterdam museum on this website with a online ticketlink so you can spend your time better than waiting in line. There are a lote of Amsterdam museums to visit.

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Anne Frank house tickets

As the Anne Frank House can only handle a limited number of visitors, you have to buy tickets a few months in advance. If you don’t want to miss out on this museum, make sure you plan your trip carefully. Did you miss out? No worries, there are lots of Amsterdam museums to visit.