This is a list of museums in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam: Nederlandsche Bank

* Allard Pierson Museum, archeological museum of the University of Amsterdam * Amsterdam Centre for Architecture (ARCAM) *

Amsterdam Dungeon The Amsterdam Dungeon, in the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands, follows a similar format to the London Dungeon, York Dungeon, Berlin Dungeon and Hamburg Dungeon which are owned and operated by UK-based Merlin Entertainments and attempts to show his ...

* Amsterdam Museum, formerly (up to 2011) Amsterdams Historisch Museum * Amsterdam Tulip Museum * Anne Frank House *

Appie Baantjer Albert Cornelis "Appie" Baantjer (16 September 1923 – 29 August 2010) was a Dutch author of detective fiction and police officer. He is mainly known for his large series of detective novels revolving around police inspector De Cock (also tran ...

Museum * Beurs van Berlage * Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, exceptional old books *

Bijbels Museum The Bijbels Museum ("Biblical Museum") is a museum on the Herengracht in Amsterdam housing a collection of Bibles and other religious objects from the Judeo-Christian tradition, including the oldest Bible printed in the Netherlands (the 1477 ''De ...

, also known as the Cromhouthuizen * Willem Bilderdijk museum, part of the department Special Collections, University Library Vrije Universiteit, visit only on appointment * Brilmuseum, museum about glasses *

Diamond Museum Amsterdam The Diamond Museum Amsterdam ( nl, Diamant Museum Amsterdam) is a museum located at the Museumplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum was founded in 2007 by Ben Meier of Coster Diamonds. The permanent collection consists of diamond jewelry and ...

* Electric Ladyland, museum of fluorescent art * Electrische Museumtramlijn Amsterdam * Energetica, closed; collection was transferred to

NEMO Nemo may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Games * ''Nemo'' (arcade game), a 1990 arcade game by Capcom based on ''Little Nemo'' * NEMO (video game console), an unreleased console Music * Nemo (American band), an indie rock band * Nemo ...

* Erotisch Museum,

Oudezijds Achterburgwal The Oudezijds Achterburgwal, often abbreviated to ''OZ Achterburgwal'', is a street and canal in De Wallen, the red light district in the center of Amsterdam. Location and characteristics Just like the Oudezijds Voorburgwal, the OZ Achterburgwa ...

Ethnographisch Museum Artis Ethnographic Museum Artis (Dutch: Ethnographisch Museum Artis) was an ethnographic museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was situated at the Artis zoo. History The Amsterdam zoo and ethnographic museum were founded in 1838 by the Royal Zoological ...

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Filmmuseum Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. Location and history Eye Filmmuseum is located in the Overhoeks neighborhood of Amsterdam in t ...

, also known as Eye Film Instituut Nederland * Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam * The Greenbox Museum of Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia * Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum *

Heineken Experience The Heineken Experience, located in Amsterdam, is a historic brewery and corporate visitor center for the internationally distributed Dutch pilsner, Heineken beer. History Background The industrial facility was built as the first Heineken ...

H'ART Museum H'ART Museum is an art museum located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam. Formerly a satellite of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia, the museum cut ties with the Hermitage after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. H ...

* Het Glazen Huis (Amstelpark) * Het Huis van Aristoteles * Het Schelpenmuseum Amsterdam * Hollandsche Manege, not a museum itself but contains the Levend Paardenmuseum. *

Hollandsche Schouwburg Hollandsche Schouwburg (; English: Hollandic Theatre) is a museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. History Originally, the Hollandsche Schouwburg was a Dutch theatre, but it was deemed a Jewish theatre in 1941 by Nazi occupiers, and it was later ...

* Hortus Botanicus *

House of Bols A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

, cocktail experience * Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography * Imagine Identity and Culture, about culture and migration * Joods Historisch Museum * KattenKabinet * Kröller-Müller Museum * Koffie- en Theemuseum Geels & Co. *

Madame Tussauds Amsterdam Madame Tussauds Amsterdam is a wax museum situated in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the city on Dam Square, near the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. Founded in 1970, it was the first Madame Tussauds tha ...

* Max Euwe-Centrum, museum about chess and the only Dutch chess champion *

Medieval Torture Museum The Medieval Torture Museum is the largest Interactivity, interactive torture museum in the United States, displaying a private collection of torture, execution and restraint devices. The museum is a product of BenAur company and is located in the ...

* Micropia *

Moco Museum The Moco Museum (Modern Contemporary Museum) is an independent museum located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the Netherlands and Barcelona, Spain, dedicated to exhibiting Modern art, modern and contemporary art. The museum was founded with the mission ...

(Modern Contemporary Museum Amsterdam) * Molen van Sloten, containing the Kuiperijmuseum * Multatuli Museum * Museum De Noord * Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen Huis * Museum Het Grachtenhuis *Museum

Het Schip Het Schip (The Ship) is a building complex in the Spaarndammerbuurt neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The complex in the architectural style of the Amsterdam School was designed by Michel de Klerk in 1919. It originally contained 102 homes ...

* Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover, museum about funerals * Museum Van Loon *, at the AMC Amsterdam * Museum Willet-Holthuysen * * Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk) * Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, museum about shipping *

science center, former Nederlands Instituut voor Nijverheid en Techniek * Nieuwe Kerk * Noorder Kerk * Olympic Experience Amsterdam, sports museum * Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, also known as

Museum Amstelkring Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (OLHOS; en, Our Lord in the Attic) is a 17th-century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Catholic Church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during ...

* Oranje Voetbal Museum * Oude Kerk *

Royal Palace of Amsterdam The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam (Dutch: ''Koninklijk Paleis van Amsterdam'' or ) is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square i ...

* Pianola Museum * Pijpenkabinet & Smokiana * Press Museum, affiliated with the International Institute of Social History *

Rembrandt House Museum The Rembrandt House Museum ( nl, Museum Het Rembrandthuis) is a museum located in a former house in the Jodenbreestraat, in the center of Amsterdam. Between 1639 and 1658, the house was occupied by the well-known Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn ...

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

* Rijksmuseum Amsterdam op Schiphol *

Rijksprentenkabinet The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Ste ...

, houses in the Rijksmuseum, but can be visited separately *

Sex museum A sex museum is a museum that displays erotic art, historical sexual aids, and documents on the history of erotica. They were popular in Europe at the end of the 1960s and during the 1970s, the era of the sexual revolution. Since the 1990s, these ...

, ''The temple of Venus'', Damrak *

SMART Project Space SMART Project Space (SPS or SMART) was a publicly funded foundation for Contemporary Art founded in 1994 by the innovative cultural mediator Thomas Peutz. SPS closed its innovative exhibition programme in 2013, but remains a creative industries ...

, in the former pathological laboratory of the former Wilhelmina Gasthuis * Special Collections of the University Library of Amsterdam *

Stadsarchief Amsterdam The Amsterdam City Archives ( nl, Stadsarchief Amsterdam) preserves documents pertaining to the history of Amsterdam and provides information about the city. With archives covering a shelf-length of about 50 kilometres, the Amsterdam City Archives ...

, city archive *

Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA) is a project space for contemporary art in Amsterdam, Netherlands. SMBA was founded in 1993 and is part of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. It is the uccessor of Museum Fodor, a platform for young Amsterdam ...

(SMBA) *

Tassenmuseum Hendrikje The Museum of Bags and Purses ( nl, Tassenmuseum Amsterdam), was a museum devoted to the history of bags, purses, and their related accessories. Located in Amsterdam's historic central canal belt, the museum's collection included over 5,000 item ...

(Museum of Bags and Purses) * Tattoo Museum * Theatermuseum, closed * Theo Thijssen Museum, museum about the writer, teacher and socialist politician *

Torture Museum A torture museum is a museum that exhibits instruments of torture and provides tutorials on the history of torture and its use in human society. Several museums dedicated to the history of torture are located in Europe. Torture museums Europe Exam ...

* Tropenmuseum * Vakbondsmuseum, in De Burcht, trade union museum in the oldest trade union building in the Netherlands * Van Eesterenmuseum * Van Gogh Museum *Vereniging Museumhaven Amsterdam *

Verzetsmuseum The Resistance Museum ( nl, Verzetsmuseum) is a museum located in the Plantage (Amsterdam), Plantage neighbourhood in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Dutch Resistance Museum, chosen as the best historical museum of the Netherlands, tells the story ...

, resistance museum * Vodka Museum Amsterdam * Werf 't Kromhout, one of few shipyards still in use in Amsterdam * Witsenkamer, in the house of

Willem Witsen Willem Witsen (13 August 1860, Amsterdam - 13 April 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. Witsen's work, influenced by James McNeill Whistler, often portrayed calm urban lands ...

* Woonboot Museum, houseboat museum * World of Ajax * Zoological Museum Amsterdam of the University of Amsterdam * Zuiderkerk

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