The Amsterdam Museum manages more than 100,000 objects, collected over almost five centuries. Works of art and historical objects have been commissioned, donated or purchased by the city council and municipal institutions, by wealthy citizens and, of course, by the museum itself since its establishment in 1926. Beginning in the 16th century, you will hear chronologically about the history of Amsterdam up to the present. In the 'laboratory' in the middle of the room, you will zoom in on themes that are closely linked to the city, but which do not always belong to the traditional, 'great' history.