Culture
Museums of Amsterdam
World collections, design icons and neighbourhood gems — browse the list or pin them on the map.
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Spui
Allard Pierson
The University of Amsterdam's archaeology museum — Egypt, Greece, Rome and more.
Centrum (Old Centre)
Amsterdam Museum
Amsterdam's city history museum. Its Kalverstraat home is under renovation until 2028; for now it tells the city's story at Westergas and Willet-Holthuysen.
Grachtengordel (Canal Belt)
Amsterdam Pipe Museum
A canal-house collection of smoking pipes spanning cultures and centuries.
Jordaan
Amsterdam Tulip Museum
A small museum on the history of the tulip and the Dutch tulip trade.
Jordaan
Anne Frank House
The canal house where Anne Frank hid and wrote her diary. Tickets only online, weeks ahead.
Banksy Museum Amsterdam
An immersive Westerpark exhibition gathering 160+ full-size reproductions of Banksy's street art and murals from around the world in one place.
De Wallen (Red Light District)
Body Worlds Amsterdam
An anatomy museum of real preserved human bodies, on the Damrak.
Jordaan
Cheese Museum Amsterdam
A free, tasting-friendly museum on Dutch cheese near the Prinsengracht.
De Wallen (Red Light District)
De Nieuwe Kerk
A late-Gothic church on Dam square, now a venue for major exhibitions.
Museumkwartier (Museum Quarter)
Diamant Museum
A museum on Amsterdam's diamond-trading history, near Museumplein.
Eye Filmmuseum
The Netherlands' film museum in a striking white building on the IJ in Noord.
Westerpark
Fabrique des Lumières
An immersive digital art centre at Westergas projecting masterpieces across vast walls.
Grachtengordel (Canal Belt)
Foam
A leading photography museum on the Keizersgracht with changing international exhibitions.
Grachtengordel (Canal Belt)
H'ART Museum
The former Hermitage Amsterdam, now hosting world-class exhibitions with partners like the British Museum.
De Wallen (Red Light District)
Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum
A museum on the history and uses of cannabis and hemp, in the Red Light District.
De Pijp
Heineken Experience
An interactive tour through the historic Heineken brewery, ending with a tasting.
Grachtengordel (Canal Belt)
Het Grachtenhuis
An interactive museum telling the story of Amsterdam's UNESCO canal ring.
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
The National Maritime Museum, with a full-size replica of an East Indiaman moored outside.
Jordaan
Houseboat Museum
Step aboard a real houseboat on the Prinsengracht to see canal-living up close.
Grachtengordel (Canal Belt)
Huis Marseille
Amsterdam's first photography museum, set in two elegant canal houses.
Nieuwmarkt
Joods Museum
The heart of the Jewish Cultural Quarter, on Jewish life and history in the Netherlands.
Grachtengordel (Canal Belt)
Kattenkabinet
A quirky canal-house museum of art devoted entirely to cats.
De Wallen (Red Light District)
Madame Tussauds Amsterdam
The famous wax museum on Dam square, with lifelike figures of stars and royals.
Plantage
Micropia
The world's only museum of microbes, part of the Artis complex.
Museumkwartier (Museum Quarter)
Moco Museum
A popular spot for modern and street art — Banksy, Basquiat and immersive installations.
Multatuli Museum
The birthplace house of writer Multatuli, author of Max Havelaar.
Nieuwmarkt
Museum Het Rembrandthuis
Rembrandt's restored 17th-century home and studio, where he lived and worked for two decades.
Museum Het Schip
A museum of the Amsterdam School in Michel de Klerk's ship-shaped 1920s housing block — sculptural brickwork, a former post office and a restored workers' flat.
Museum Tot Zover
A thoughtful museum about death, mourning and funerary culture.
Grachtengordel (Canal Belt)
Museum Van Loon
A grand patrician canal house preserved with its period interiors and garden.
Grachtengordel (Canal Belt)
Museum Willet-Holthuysen
An opulent 17th-century canal house on the Herengracht, frozen in its Golden Age glory.
Plantage
National Holocaust Museum
The Netherlands' museum documenting the persecution of Dutch Jews during WWII.
NEMO Science Museum
A hands-on science museum for families in a ship-shaped building, with a free rooftop terrace.
Amsterdam-Noord
NXT Museum
The Netherlands' first museum of new media art, in Amsterdam-Noord — large-scale, immersive digital installations of light, sound and interactive technology.
De Wallen (Red Light District)
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
A hidden Catholic church in the attic of a 17th-century canal house in the old centre.
Jordaan
Pianola Museum
A charming Jordaan museum of self-playing pianos and piano rolls.
Nieuwmarkt
Portugese Synagoge
A magnificent 17th-century synagogue, still lit by candlelight.
De Wallen (Red Light District)
Red Light Secrets
A museum of prostitution inside a former working window in the Red Light District.
Museumkwartier (Museum Quarter)
Rijksmuseum
The Netherlands' national museum — Rembrandt's Night Watch, Vermeer and 800 years of Dutch art.
Museumkwartier (Museum Quarter)
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam's leading museum of modern and contemporary art and design.
NDSM
STRAAT Museum
A vast NDSM warehouse filled with street art and graffiti by 170+ artists.
This is Holland
A 5D flight experience soaring over the Netherlands' landscapes, in Noord.
Upside Down Amsterdam
A playful museum of optical illusions and photo-friendly rooms.
Museumkwartier (Museum Quarter)
Van Gogh Museum
The world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings, drawings and letters. Book a timed slot ahead.
Plantage
Verzetsmuseum
The Dutch Resistance Museum tells how the Netherlands lived under WWII occupation.
Vrolik Museum
A striking anatomical and pathology collection at the Amsterdam UMC.
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
The former Tropenmuseum, exploring world cultures, migration and colonial legacies.
WONDR Experience
A colourful, hands-on creative playground built for photos and fun.
