Museum Year Pass lets you visit 32 Amsterdam museums (+ more) for next to nothing

‘Museumjaarkaart’ is Dutch for ‘Museum Year Pass.’ The pass provides free entrance to Holland’s 400+ museums, which is probably why it is not marketed to tourists and other non-residents.

However, you are free to purchase and use one anyway.

That said, the Museumjaarkaart website is entirely in Dutch, and while you can order the card online, you need a Dutch bank account to do so.

It is much easier to simply purchase the pass at either

• the Amsterdams Uit Buro, or
• at one of the major museums

The Amsterdams Uit Buro is located inside the Stadsschouwburg – the municipal theater — at Leidseplein 26. When you face the building, the entrance to Uit Buro is on the right-hand side, near the terraces. [Google Map]

Yes, the place has a website, but like the one for the Museum Year Pass this one is entirely in Dutch as well.

Prices

For those 25 and older, the Museumjaarkaart costs €35. People younger than 25 pay just €17.50 The yearly pass is subject to a one-time €4.95 administration fee. [Rates last updated Nov. 2, 2009]

Note: Some museums may charge a small extra fee for special, temporary exhibitions.

Participating Museums in Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, 32 museums participate — listed here in no particular order:

• Allard Pierson Museum
• Amsterdams Historisch Museum (Amsterdam Historical Museum)
• Bijbels Museum (Biblical Museum)
• De Nieuwe Kerk (The New Church)
• Filmmuseum
• Huis Marseille – museum voor fotografie (House of Marseille — museum for photography)
• Joods Historisch Museum (Jewish Historical Museum)
• Max Euwe-Centrum (Chess museum)
• Museum Amstelkring Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder (Our Dear Lord in the Attic — hidden church)
• Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Rembrandt’s house)
• Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam (Photography)
• De Burcht (National Trade Unions Museum)
• Van Gogh Museum
• Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (About the resistance movement during World War II)
• Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis (17th century canal-side mansion; travelling exhibitions)
• Diamant Museum Amsterdam
• JHM Kindermuseum (Jewish Historical Childrens Museum)
• Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Municipal museum — modern art)
• Museum Het Schip/De Amsterdamse School (Architecture museum featuring The Amsterdam School)
• Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover (Undertakers museum)
• Olympic Experience Amsterdam (Dutch sports and the Olympic Games)
• Hermitage Amsterdam (Dependency of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg)
• Museum Van Loon (17th century canalside house with practically intact interior and exterior)
• Museum Willet-Holthuysen (Fully furnished canalside patrician house from the 17th century)
• Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst Montevideo/Time Based Arts (New technologies in the visual arts)
• Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam (National Maritime Museum)
• De Oude Kerk (The Old Church)
• Persmuseum (Press museum)
• Rijksmuseum (National museum)
• Theatermuseum, TIN (Theater museum)
• Tropenmuseum (Tropical museum)
• Tropenmuseum Junior (Tropical museum for kids)

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