Strolling through Amsterdam, you are surrounded by living history and art. Amsterdam is a dynamic museum where every inhabitant, canal and building tells a story about the past, present, and future. The Amsterdam Museum collects these stories. Would you like to get to know Amsterdam (even) better? Visit our exhibitions in the historic building at Amstel 51.
We offer a free audio tour in Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish and Italian, and free admission for children up to 17 years. If you have an IAmsterdam City Card, you will get free admission.
This city writes history
Amsterdam was and is a dynamic city with an ever-changing population and just as many visions of the city. The Amsterdam Museum presents stories and objects that relate to that wide range of views of the city.
Did you know that Louis Napoleon, King of Holland, decided Amsterdam should be the capital of the Netherlands? Or that the world’s first same-sex marriage occurred in Amsterdam?
M54 van Brian Elstak, photographer Inez Agnese.
This city makes art
Amsterdam breathes art. Throughout the city, art is admired, created, and reinvented. From 17th-century paintings to street art, it can be found everywhere in Amsterdam. On view at the Amsterdam Museum:
- The Anatomy Lesson of Jan Deijman (1656), a painting by Rembrandt
- M54 (2017) by Brian Elstak
- Frank Rijkaard and Patrick Kluivert (2013) by Kamp Seedorf.
Gezicht op Amsterdam in vogelvlucht, Cornelis Anthonisz, 1538.
This city tells stories
Amsterdam is a city of countless known and unknown stories. We make these visible with an impressive and growing collection of over 100,000 objects and in cooperation with numerous partners in the city; from Noord to Zuidoost and from Nieuw-West to Weesp. Want to know what's currently on show?
And you can find it here
Photographer Francoise Bolechowski.
Photographer Francoise Bolechowski.
Photographer Inez Agnese.
Photographer Rachel Ecclestone.
Photographer Francoise Bolechowski.
Photographer Inez Agnese.
Photographer Francoise Bolechowski.
Amsterdam Museum
Photographer Inez Agnese.
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How do you get there
Public Transport
Metro 51 to Isolatorweg, 53 to Gaasperplas or 54 to Gein, get off at stop Waterlooplein, after that it's a five minute walk.
Address
Amstel 51, 1018 EJ Amsterdam
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Now on view
From the origin story of Amsterdam to the Indigenous story behind New York. From local to international, from tour to workshop.