The Rijksmuseum takes you on a journey through the ages. 800 years of Dutch history and art, from the Middle Ages to Mondrian, is told in 8000 objects, displayed in 80 galleries.
In the Van Gogh Museum you can see the biggest collection of works of the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh: more than 200 paintings, 500 drawings and almost all of his letters.
The museum tells the story of Anne Frank and those who hid in the house at the time of WW2, a time of persecution and discrimination.
The house where the well-known Dutch master has lived from 1639 till 1658 is today the Rembrandt House Museum (Rembrandthuis). This is the best place to learn as much as possible about the artist and his art.
Stedelijk Museum (the City Museum) is the place for modern and contemporary art and design in the Netherlands: from post-impressionists to the 20th-century’s movements De Stijl, Bauhaus, CoBrA, pop art.
NEMO Science Museum tells the secrets of technology and science through interactive exhibitions and workshops. The Energetica exhibition on the roof of the museum can be visited for free.
Housed in the beautiful Villa Alsberg, MOCO (Modern Contemporary) Museum won a name in the art circles with its exhibitions of Banksy, Yayoi Kusama, OSGEMEOS, Tracey Emin, and Andy Warhol among others.
The FOAM Museum in Amsterdam is all about photography. It organizes exhibitions of both contemporary and historical works. Established photographers are exhibiting side by side with emerging artists.
STRAAT Museum is the museum for street and urban art in Amsterdam, located in a former warehouse at the NDSM Wharf. Most of the art works are created at place.
Our Lord in the Attic (Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder) is a canal house which has been converted into a church in the 1660s. It was a clandestine church that occupied the top 3 floors of the canal house and didn’t look like a church at all.