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Best Museums in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is home to 7 world-class museums. From ancient collections to contemporary art, here is your complete guide with opening hours, prices, and directions.

Exterior of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum

The national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history.

Admission
€22.50 standard admission
Founded
1800
Exterior of the Van Gogh Museum on Museumplein in Amsterdam

Van Gogh Museum

Holds the largest collection of Vincent van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world, on Amsterdam's Museumplein.

Admission
€22 standard admission, online booking required
Founded
1973
Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum

Amsterdam's museum of modern and contemporary art and design, with its iconic 'bathtub' extension.

Admission
€22.50 standard admission
Founded
1895
H'ART Museum Amsterdam in Amsterdam

H'ART Museum Amsterdam

Amsterdam's grand exhibition house on the Amstel, with rotating shows from major international partner museums.

Admission
€25 standard admission
Founded
2009
Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

Anne Frank House

The canal-side house and Secret Annex where Anne Frank wrote her diary in hiding from 1942 to 1944.

Admission
€16 standard admission
Founded
1960
Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam

Rembrandt House Museum

The seventeenth-century house where Rembrandt lived and worked from 1639 to 1658, restored to its original state.

Admission
€20 standard admission
Founded
1911
Royal Palace Amsterdam in Amsterdam

Royal Palace Amsterdam

A seventeenth-century town hall on Dam Square, transformed into a royal palace by Louis Bonaparte.

Admission
€12.50 standard admission
Founded
1808

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