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Anne Frank House
62,304 reviews
#2 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"The staff were very knowledgable, I can highly recommend the pre tour talk and the museum provided an amazing and fascinating insight into what life was like for Anne and her family during the rein of Nazi terror.""This is a must-see to anyone visiting Amsterdam, it’s a very emotional tour but it is truly eye opening, you listen to an audio tour which has a variety of languages to chose from and you can walk and listen at yo..."
Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam
3,403 reviews
#13 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"I went here the day after visiting the Anne Frank museum, and the afternoon after a visit to the Holocaust Museum and memorial, and felt like it really rounded off my understanding of Amsterdam in the war.""A wonderful museum in the Plantage area of Amsterdam, with very clever and informative exhibits; the audio guide, available in various languages, was free and very helpful."
Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
3,166 reviews
#16 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"What a fantastic museum, located in a beautiful historic building- a great way to spend a few hours, with very interesting and informative exhibits detailing Amsterdam’s important maritime history - a must see""One of the stops on the Hop on Hop Off is the National Maritime Museum.My wife who is museum averse loved the guided tour of the Amsterdam sailing ship replica which gave one a good insight into the real life on a..."
Museum Van Loon
950 reviews
#19 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"... narrow canal homes, skinny and tall, here was a wide building from the 16th/17th centuries, built then lavishly decorated and maintained over several generations, by one of the most wealthy families in Amsterdam.""I really enjoyed my visit to the Van Loom museum, a delightful canal house, which gives a great idea as to how the wealthy lived (still live today) in Amsterdam."
Joods Historisch Museum
1,044 reviews
#20 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"Entry to the Jewish Historical Museum includes admission to four separate sites: the historical museum, the Portuguese Synagogue, the deportation museum and the national holocaust memorial.""This museum was very insightful as it recorded with wonderful accuracy using photos, films, artifacts, and personal experiences telling the history of the Jewish people...both Ashkenazi and Sephardic, in the Nethe..."
Museum of the Canals
692 reviews
#23 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"Using video and amazing models, helpful audio guides, along with the experience of being in a canal house, I really feel that we gained a solid understanding of the history and design of these remarkable Amsterdam...""The rich history of the Netherlands from the 1600's was fascinating and as you walk the city and enjoy the canals you understand why Amsterdam was built and the marvel of their technology."
Tropenmuseum
1,128 reviews
#28 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"Apart from that there is the more classical Anthropological collection with many top notch artefacts from Africa and Asia, as well as a critical review of the Dutch colonial past including the Slavery history.""Great location, easily to be found, this museum has a standard exhibition on the history and culture of the tropics and on the second floor an exhibition on body art throughout the different cultures."
Amsterdam Museum
2,197 reviews
#33 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"The Amsterdam Museum happily defies these norms: it's well-presented and interesting throughout and gives a visitor a strong sense of this fascinating city's history.""What we really enjoyed; a stroll around the building and sitting in the courtyard that had once been full of orphans in red/black uniform following the Amsterdam timeline the beautifully engraved elephant tusks l..."
Hollandsche Schouwburg
143 reviews
#35 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"Admission to the memorial is included as part of a very reasonably-priced Jewish Cultural Quarter joint ticket (which is the only way admission is sold, and which also includes the Jewish Historical Museum, the Po...""Very educational, sobering, reflective visit to this once deportation centre in the Jewish district of Amsterdam, Well worth a visit to view the exhibits and listen to the audio video presentaion explaining the hi..."
Sexmuseum Amsterdam Venustempel
4,099 reviews
#49 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"... museum so you see everything as the museum itself is quite big (3 floors) you see everything from photographs to statues to videos to toys, it was definitively worth a visit, there is a lot of information to g...""It is the world's first and oldest sex museum and is packed literally to the rafters (the museum covers four floors) with the most extensive collection of erotic displays, artifacts, paintings, photographs and more."
National Holocaust Museum in development
138 reviews
#56 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
"... Cultural Quarter joint ticket (which is the only way admission is sold, and which also includes the Jewish Historical Museum, the Portuguese Synagogue, and the Holocaust Memorial—all of which are worth visiting).""Your entrance fee of 17 Euro's is valid for 30 days, good for entrance in The Jewish Historical Museum, the Children's Museum, the Portuguese Synagogue, National Holocaust Memorial and the National Holocaust Museum."
JOMA - Jewish secOnd generation art & family Museum Amsterdam
#172 of 213 Museums in Amsterdam
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- Anne Frank House
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
- Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam
- Museum Van Loon
- Joods Historisch Museum
- Anne Frank House
- Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
- Museum Van Loon
- Joods Historisch Museum
- Anne Frank House
- Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
- Joods Historisch Museum
- Tropenmuseum
- Anne Frank House
- Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
- Museum Van Loon
- Joods Historisch Museum
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