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museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

s in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

capital of

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

Allard Pierson Museum The Allard Pierson Museum is the archaeological museum of the University of Amsterdam. It is situated at the Oude Turfmarkt 127 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Artifacts from the ancient civilizations of ancient Egypt, the Near East, the Greek ...

, archeological museum of the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

* Amsterdam Centre for Architecture (ARCAM) * Amsterdam Dungeon *

Amsterdam Museum The Amsterdam Museum, known until 2010 as the Amsterdam Historical Museum, is an Amsterdam-based museum dedicated to the city's past and present. Due to the renovation of its main location, the museum is temporarily located in the building the Ams ...

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

Anne Frank House The Anne Frank House ( nl, Anne Frank Huis) is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on a canal called the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in central Amsterda ...

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 ...

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Beurs van Berlage The Beurs van Berlage is a building on the Damrak, in the centre of Amsterdam. It was designed as a commodity exchange by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and constructed between 1896 and 1903. It influenced many modernist architects, in par ...

Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (BPH) or The Ritman Library is a private Dutch library founded by Joost Ritman located in the Huis met de Hoofden (House with the Heads) at Keizersgracht 123, in the center of Amsterdam. The Bibliotheca Philos ...

, 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 Willem Bilderdijk () (7 September 1756 – 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist. Life Willem Bilderdijk was born on 7 September 1756 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic.Joris van Eijnatten,Bilderdijk, W., ''Bio- en ...

museum, part of the department Special Collections, University Library

Vrije Universiteit The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

, 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 ...

Electric Ladyland ''Electric Ladyland'' is the third and final studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the final studio album released before Hendrix's death in 1970. A double album, it was the only record from the Experience produced by Hendrix. The ba ...

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

Tropenmuseum The Tropenmuseum ( en, Museum of the Tropics) is an ethnographic museum located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1864. One of the largest museums in Amsterdam, the museum accommodates eight permanent exhibitions and an ongoing series of tem ...

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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 Foam or Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam is a photography museum located at the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The museum has four different exhibitions at any given time in which different photographic genres are shown, such as documen ...

* The Greenbox Museum of Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia *

Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum The Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum is a museum located in De Wallen, Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the museum, more than two million visitors have visited the exhibition since it opened in 1985. Dedicated to cannabis and its many uses, the m ...

* Heineken Experience * H'ART Museum *

Het Glazen Huis Het or HET may refer to: Science and technology * Hall-effect thruster, a type of ion thruster used for spacecraft propulsion * Heavy Equipment Transporter, a vehicle in the US Army's Heavy Equipment Transport System * Hobby–Eberly Telescope, ...

(Amstelpark) *Het Huis van Aristoteles *Het Schelpenmuseum Amsterdam *Hollandsche Manege, not a museum itself but contains the Levend Paardenmuseum. *Hollandsche Schouwburg *Hortus Botanicus (Amsterdam), Hortus Botanicus *House of Bols, 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 *Max Euwe-Centrum, museum about chess and the only Dutch chess champion *Medieval Torture Museum *Micropia (museum), Micropia *Moco Museum (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 *Museum tot zover, Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover, museum about funerals *Museum Van Loon *, at the Academic Medical Center, AMC Amsterdam *Museum Willet-Holthuysen * *Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk) *Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, museum about shipping *NEMO (museum), NEMO science center, former Nederlands Instituut voor Nijverheid en Techniek *Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam), Nieuwe Kerk *Noorder Kerk *Olympic Experience Amsterdam, sports museum *Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, also known as Museum Amstelkring *Oranje Voetbal Museum *Oude Kerk (Amsterdam), Oude Kerk *Royal Palace of Amsterdam *Pianola Museum *Pijpenkabinet & Smokiana *Press Museum, affiliated with the International Institute of Social History *Rembrandt House Museum *Rijksmuseum *Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam op Schiphol *Rijksprentenkabinet, houses in the Rijksmuseum, but can be visited separately *Sex museum, ''The temple of Venus'', Damrak *SMART Project Space, in the former pathological laboratory of the former Wilhelmina Gasthuis *Universiteitsbibliotheek of Amsterdam, Special Collections of the University Library of Amsterdam *Stadsarchief Amsterdam, city archive *Stedelijk Museum / Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA) *Museum of Bags and Purses, Tassenmuseum Hendrikje (Museum of Bags and Purses) *Amsterdam Tattoo Museum, Tattoo Museum *Theatermuseum, closed *Theo Thijssen, Theo Thijssen Museum, museum about the writer, teacher and socialist politician *Torture Museum, Amsterdam, Torture Museum *

*Vakbondsmuseum, in De Burcht, trade union museum in the oldest trade union building in the Netherlands *Van Eesterenmuseum *Van Gogh Museum *Vereniging Oosterdok, Museumhaven Amsterdam *Verzetsmuseum, resistance museum *Vodka Museum Amsterdam *Werf 't Kromhout, one of few shipyards still in use in Amsterdam *Willem Witsen#Witsen's house, Witsenkamer, in the house of Willem Witsen *Woonboot Museum, houseboat museum *World of Ajax *Zoological Museum Amsterdam of the

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IAmsterdam: Places to go
{{Amsterdam Museums in Amsterdam, Amsterdam-related lists, Museums Lists of museums by city, Amsterdam Lists of museums in the Netherlands, Amsterdam

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