DutchAmsterdam.nl » Museums http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl The no-nonsense travel guide to Amsterdam, Holland Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:50:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Matisse to Malevich: Pioneers of Modern Art in Hermitage Amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/843-pioneers-of-modern-art-hermitag-museum-amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/843-pioneers-of-modern-art-hermitag-museum-amsterdam#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:22:00 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=843 Hermitage Amsterdam museum Outstanding works by Matisse, Picasso, Van Dongen, De Vlaminck, Derain and many other contemporaries of theirs will be seen in a magnificent display from 6 March 2010 to 17 September 2010 at the Hermitage Amsterdam.

The exhibition is titled, Pioneers of Modern Art Matisse to Malevich.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/843-pioneers-of-modern-art-hermitag-museum-amsterdam/feed 0 Hermitage Amsterdam Museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/841-hermitage-amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/841-hermitage-amsterdam#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:20:45 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=841 Hermitage Amsterdam museum Hermitage Amsterdam is a dependency of the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, located in the largest 17th century building in town.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/841-hermitage-amsterdam/feed 0 Tropenmuseum — Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/838-tropenmuseum-royal-tropical-institute-amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/838-tropenmuseum-royal-tropical-institute-amsterdam#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:59:40 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=838 Tropenmuseum, Museum of the Tropics in Amsterdam Amsterdam's Tropenmuseum, the Museum of the Tropics, offers 8 permanent exhibitions as well as an ongoing series of temporary exhibitions.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/838-tropenmuseum-royal-tropical-institute-amsterdam/feed 0 Artis Amsterdam Zoo http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/777-artis-amsterdam-zoo http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/777-artis-amsterdam-zoo#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:58 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=777 Artis Amsterdam Zoo Founded in 1838, Artis is the oldest zoo in the Netherlands.

Guidebooks rightly refer to it one of the most pleasant city zoos around, as the whole place breathes a 19th-century garden atmosphere with winding paths, majestic trees, fascinating sculptures and monumental historical buildings. ]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/777-artis-amsterdam-zoo/feed 0 Museum Year Pass lets you visit 32 Amsterdam museums (+ more) for next to nothing http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/133-museum-year-pass-amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/133-museum-year-pass-amsterdam#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:00:24 +0000 Amsterdam Guide http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/133-museum-year-pass-amsterdam Museum Year Pass -- free entry to Netherlands museums Are you an avid museum visitor vacationing in Amsterdam on a budget?

Consider getting a Museum Year Pass, which provides free entry to over 400 museums in the Netherlands, including 32 museums in Amsterdam. [Updated]]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/133-museum-year-pass-amsterdam/feed 0 Hollandsche Schouwburg — War Memorial http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/751-amsterdam-hollandsche-schouwburg-war-memorial http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/751-amsterdam-hollandsche-schouwburg-war-memorial#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:39:26 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=751 Amsterdam Hollandsche Schouwburg war memorial Built 1892, the Hollandsche Schouwburg (Dutch Theatre) long was a house of culture and entertainment.

But during the Second World War the German occupiers turned the building into a place of grief and sorrow.

It is now a war memorial in remembrance of the Jews who were deported from here.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/751-amsterdam-hollandsche-schouwburg-war-memorial/feed 0 Rembrandthuis – Rembrandt House Museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/364-rembrandthuis-rembrandt-museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/364-rembrandthuis-rembrandt-museum#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:12:06 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=364 Rembrandt Painter Rembrandt van Rijn bought what is now the 'Rembrandt house' museum in 1639 -- just prior to being commissioned to paint The Night Watch.

A visit to the restored 17th-century house is like stepping into one of Rembrandt's paintings.

Bonus: we give you some insider tips on where to eat (and where not to) before or after your visit.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/364-rembrandthuis-rembrandt-museum/feed 0 Green Bags — environmentally friendly purses at Amsterdam museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/297-green-bags-environmentally-friendly-purses-at-amsterdam-museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/297-green-bags-environmentally-friendly-purses-at-amsterdam-museum#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 10:31:35 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=297 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/297-green-bags-environmentally-friendly-purses-at-amsterdam-museum/feed 0 The Museum of Bags and Purses http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/296-amsterdam-museum-bags-purses http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/296-amsterdam-museum-bags-purses#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 12:12:53 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=296 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/296-amsterdam-museum-bags-purses/feed 0 Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum / Netherlands Maritime Museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/264-nederlands-scheepvaart-museum-netherlands-maritime-museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/264-nederlands-scheepvaart-museum-netherlands-maritime-museum#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:43:07 +0000 Amsterdam Guide http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/264-nederlands-scheepvaart-museum-netherlands-maritime-museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/264-nederlands-scheepvaart-museum-netherlands-maritime-museum/feed 0