Discover the best museums to visit in Amsterdam

The city of Amsterdam attracts hundreds of visitors for many reasons, from its canals to its coffeehouses, the famous Red Light District or its lifestyle. But this city is also a very cultural place where you can find many museums and discover incredible works of art. If you like this type of visit, you cannot miss this city with many museums.

Amsterdam museums are very diverse and some of them are really famous Like the Van Gogh Museum. So you can enjoy a few cultural visits that fill your art knowledge a little more. It is always interesting to visit museums that offer us a piece of the culture of the region.

Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum is one of the most important and famous museums in Amsterdam. In this museum we find the largest collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. It is a large museum with seven million works, so it may take us a while to visit. However, there are some that are much more important than others. Like Rembrandt's 'Night Watch''The Milkmaid' by Vermeer or 'The Happy Drinker' by Frans Hals. We can also see works of Egyptian or Asian art in the collections. The museum building is very similar to Amsterdam Central Station, as it was created by the same designer.

Museo Van Gogh

The Van Gogh Museum is the second most famous and most visited museum in Amsterdam. Another must if we go to the city. If we are a fan of the Dutchman's paintings, we will have a lot of fun here, because We can find up to 200 works of the artist. You can also see his drawings and some of his letters. He was an artist who suffered from a mental illness that eventually led him to take his own life. Although he later became very famous, he only sold one painting in his life. As it is a few meters from the Rijksmuseum, there are two visits that can be made in the same day.

Anne Frank Evi

Everyone knows the book 'The Diary of Anne Frank' and its history. The story of a Jewish girl who had to live through the Nazi era and eventually died in a concentration camp, leaving a diary that was later found and published by her father. Open We can find a house that is a part of Amsterdam history This is the newspaper description of the house where he and his family hid to avoid being caught by the Nazis. We get to see what that house looked like and even the secret door through which he went to his hiding place.

Rembrandt Museum

Rembrandt He bought this house as a successful artist. He is a master of pictorial technique and he painted in this house and hosted other artists, so it is part of his history and the history of painting. He took over the house in 1639 and in 1656 he had to put his belongings up for auction because he was in debt. We now find a house that has been completely restored with period furniture and where we can see the studio where he painted.

Museum Van Loon

If you are interested in historical things, this The museum is an 18th century house. Below there are some explanations about the history and the type of house. We will learn a little about the history of the prestigious Van Loon family house. We will know what the furniture looked like and also that there were some secret doors to pass from one room to another without being seen.

Nemo Science Museum

This is a museum The most important science and technology in the Netherlands. So it's a good visit, especially if we go as a family. The building consists of five floors where we can learn a lot and even do a strange experiment. Next to this museum, we can see a beautiful replica of a ship from the East India Company.

Discover the best museums to visit in Amsterdam
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