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 Museums in Amsterdam

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The Netherlands has more museums per square mile than any other country in the world, and 40+ of them are in Amsterdam. They range from the fascinating Biblical Museum to the titillating Sex Museum, and from the huge Rijksmuseum to the much smaller, but no less interesting Hash & Marijuana Museum.

All but seven of the museums are privately owned, and nearly all charge an entrance fee.

Free or Discounted

If you love museums and plan to visit at least 4 or 5 of them during your stay in Amsterdam, you have three options to save money on entrance fees.

• Museum Year Pass
  Best option if you want to visit many museums — for free
• Museum Boat
  Provides up to 50% discount on entrance to museums along its route
• I Amsterdam Card
  Comes with other benefits, such as discounts at attractions and restaurants, and free use of the public transport system.

Most Museums Don’t Do Mondays

With the exception of the Rijksmuseum (the Netherlands’ National Museum, which carries nearly 1 million works of art – including Rembrandt’s famous Nightwatch), the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum (literally, Municipal Museum, but in fact the National Museum of Modern Art) most museums are closed on Mondays.

Museums

• Allard Pierson Museum
• Anne Frank House
• Amsterdam Historical Museum
• Architecture Museum Het Schip
• Artis Amsterdam Zoo
• Bols Jenever Museum
• CoBraA Museum
• Hermitage Amsterdam Museum
• Hollandsche Schouwburg’s War Memorial
• Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum / Netherlands Maritime Museum
• Our Lord in the Attic — Amstelkring Museum
• Rijksmuseum
• Tassenmuseum Hendrikje/Museum of Bags and Purses
• Tropenmuseum – Royal Tropical Institute
• Van Gogh Museum