We are the master of our hearts in Europe with houses like cookies lined up side by side, streets with plenty of channels, places with surprises at every step, design stores where you will consider leaving your wallet completely and even giving all the money in your account. in the city, we are in Amsterdam. Of course, there are other reasons why Amsterdam is so popular for Turks; we do not deny. But if you want to get to know the city better and plan a real itinerary for yourself in one of the first cities that come to mind when it comes to art and design in Europe, countless museums and a wide variety of galleries should not be missed.
Amsterdam is such a rich city in terms of art that if you try to visit every corner with this theme, you have to stay here for at least 1 month.. Since none of us has that much time, we, as Journavel, decided to open Amsterdam’s museums file and make a summary list.. Before we start describing Amsterdam’s 10 best museums, we also leave you our recommendations below so that you don’t waste your budget and don’t miss out on sightseeing tips.
Location while you’re here; Here is our article about the points you should not miss in Amsterdam:
10 Must-See Places in Amsterdam
Canal view from Amsterdam
Must-See Museums in Amsterdam:
Amsterdam is a city full of museums. If we try to go to all of them in turn, we have to stay at home for two months without going out.. If you have little time, we seem to hear you say, how will we raise them all, and how will we pay for all of them as economic travel lovers?. Then our recommendation; add ‘classics’ to the list first. In our opinion, the 4 must-see museums in Amsterdam are; Anne Frank’s House, Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, and a little bit interactively, Heineken Experience.
Library inside the Rijksmuseum
Economical Ways to Visit Amsterdam Museums:
Amsterdam, Europe’ one of the most expensive cities in. It is possible to organize the flight ticket and accommodation in advance and to arrange the most important items of the trip, but it must be said from the beginning that it is a very costly issue for us to be included in the social life in the center of Amsterdam.. Eating in good places, visiting museums and touristic attractions by doing their due diligence requires a really good budget.. If you have an average of 3 days in the city and you plan to spare detailed time for artistic activities, we think that getting the iAmsterdam Card would be the best move you can make.
With the iAmsterdam Card, you can visit 60 museums including 8 museums in the list below. With this card, you can also enter discount to Heineken and Bols. With the card, public transportation becomes free, and you can also do the canal tour for free.. Although we find the canal tour too touristic in other cities, it is more enjoyable in Amsterdam.. If you are going to buy this card, make sure to use it as ‘free’ and add it to the list.
Now you have to decide how many museums you will visit in this city.. If you plan to see more than 3 or 4 museums, the 1-day card will be more useful; however, you have to act fast in order to use the card to the fullest and fit many museums in the same day.. 1 day iAmsterdam pass 59€. If you plan to see 2 or 3 museums, we don’t think you need to buy a card.
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LIST OF THE BEST MUSEUMS IN AMSTERDAM
We wanted to list the most beautiful museums of the city based on our experiences in Amsterdam; so you can easily create your route while making your own plan.. In this list, you can find both the classic museums of the city, which are now recommended by everyone and from every source, as well as alternative suggestions that we have added.
#1 Rijksmuseum:
Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands’s most visited area, most popular museum; It is also one of the most popular architectures in Amsterdam.. We are used to seeing the pond in front of it with its colorful flowers in spring and summer, and the ice rink in winter.. However, what makes the Rijksmuseum really important is; extensive art collection. The Rijksmuseum, where 1 million items are exhibited, hosts the works of world famous artists as well as important artists of Dutch culture.. Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals and Van Gogh are just a few of the artists whose works you will see here.. Opened in 1885 The Neo-Renaissance Rijksmuseum is our favouritemuseum in Amsterdam.
Museum It serves between 09.00-17.00 every day. You can buy your ticket online, if you have a contract, from your hotel or from museum box office. Free up to 18 years old, 17.50€ for adults.
Rijksmuseum, one of Amsterdam’s most remarkable architecture
#2 Heineken Experience:
Heineken Experience isn’t really a museum at all; but we fit this list very well in terms of its comprehensive and interactive content.. The former brewery of Heineken, the famous Dutch and Amsterdam beer brand, is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in Amsterdam with its interactive environment and content on Heineken history.. With Heineken’s move to its new factory, the old factory has been transformed into a museum with its historical narrative, multimedia areas, interactive rooms with games.. You reach the bar of the museum at the end of 4 floors at Heineken Experience, one of the most entertaining and colorful museums you will experience in Europe.. Tickets include two free beers. Let’s go again!
Heineken Experience is open daily from 10:30am to 7:30pm Monday to Thursday and 10:30am to 9:30pm Friday to Sunday . If you buy tickets online you get €3 discount, 21€ if you buy them from the museum. Free up to 11 years old, 14.50€ online for 12-17 years old, €17.50 at the museum.
Heineken Experience
#3 Anne Frank House:
Another best museum in Amsterdam is undoubtedly Anne Frank’s House. Enthusiasts must also read the book; let me talk a little bit here. Anne Frank, the daughter of a Jewish family,. While escaping from the Nazis in World War II, he and his family hid in this house for two years with 4 other people.. While they were writing down everything they felt and everything they experienced in this house where they spent two years, they were caught one day and each of them was sent to concentration camps, except for his father Otto.. After Anne Frank died along with her mother Edith and her sister Margot, the diary was found by her father Otto and published as a book in 1947.. The Diary of Anne Frank is still one of the most read books around the world today.
In addition to the book describing the Nazi holocaust with all its reality, the Frank family was hiding in Amsterdam in 1960. Visiting this house, which was turned into a museum in , leaves you alone with the past.. In the museum, you can see sections from the life of the Anne and Frank family, parts from their diary, photographs of that period and how they were kept in this house.
Museum; Between November and March, it is open between 10.00-20.00 on weekdays, 09.00-22.00 on Saturdays and 09.00-19.00 on Sundays.. If your trip falls between April and October, you can visit the museum between 09.00-22.00 every day.. Buy your ticket online for Anne Frank’s House, which should definitely be on your list; because there are always long lines in front of you. Tickets are free up to 9 years old, 5€ for 10-17 years old, 10€ for adults. If you are willing to wait in line for hours, you can wait at the museum entrance 15.30. before this time is reserved for online tickets and there is no ticketless entry. Tickets online are 0.50 € more, well let’s say you get a little discount because you wait in a solid line at the entrance..
Anne Frank House
# 4 Van Gogh Museum:
The museum, which hosts examples of all of Van Gogh’s works since the age he started to paint, reflects on the artist’s development as well as his colors and lines. It brings together all the emotions with the visitors with the change.. At the Van Gogh Museum, you can visit many of the artist’s sketches, self-portraits, paintings inspired by village life, portraits of his models, letters, paintings containing his family and friends, and a large gift shop inspired by him.. Van Gogh Museum, which also hosts temporary exhibitions from time to time, is open until 22:00 on Friday evenings.. You can visit the museum in the evening as we did; so you can spend the day on the streets of Amsterdam and end your evening with a different experience.
Van Gogh Museum; It is open to visitors between 09.00-17.00 every day except Fridays.. On Fridays, it can be visited between 09:00-22.00. We bought our ticket from our hotel.. You have the right to pass without waiting in line for tickets bought from the hotel.. We definitely recommend the evening tour. Entry adults €18, free up to age 17.
Van Gogh Museum
#5 Stedelijk Museum:
Contemporary and the Stedelijk Museum, the place where modern art lovers should come first in Amsterdam. Opened in 1895 and neighboring the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh, the museum exhibits a large art collection covering the period from 1870 to the present.. Here you can experience the understanding of art up to the 1950s, after the 50s, and movements such as Pop Art, Bauhaus, Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism that were born with modern art.
Stedelijk Museum; Open to visitors every day except Fridays from 10.00-18.00. On Fridays, it can be visited between 10.00-22.00. Entry is €17.50 for adults, free for up to 18 years.
Van Gogh Museum
#6 Rembrandt House Museum:
This house, where Dutch painter Rembrandt spent 20 years, is one of the architectures in the city.. You can see Rembrandt’s workshop, belongings and works of that period in this house, and you can quickly teleport to the past.. When you see the wooden easel in the room where he painted all his paintings, we are sure that you will want to paint too.. Undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful aspects of the museum, which occasionally hosts exhibitions of Rembrandt contemporaries, is the colorful display outside.. If you can’t find the time or budget to go inside, at least stop by the street where the museum is for this cheerful display.
Rembrandt House Museum, everyday from 10.00-18.00 open between hours. Entry is free up to 5 years old, 4€ between 6-17 years old, if your hotel has a contract, tickets are 12€ from the reception, and from the museum box office. 13€.
Rembrandt House Museum
#7 NEMO Science Museum:
Ship-like architecture designed by famous architect Renzo Piano The NEMO Science Museum, which draws attention with its concept, is also mentioned among the modern architectures of Amsterdam.. The museum, which is extremely suitable for children as well as adults; It offers its visitors an experimental and interactive environment about every subject you can think of about science and technology.. When we say experimental, we don’t write casually; Indeed, there are experimental environments related to the subject in the sections within the museum, and children can do these experiments in the presence of an expert.. This is a museum that provides information on many subjects from electronics to anatomical developments, even sexuality and mental processes.. NEMO’s terrace is just as beautiful as its contents; You can go up to this terrace and watch the city panoramic. If you have time, we recommend you to see this building at night.
The museum is open to visitors every day between 10.00-17.30.. You can go to the terrace free of charge until 21.00.. Entry fee is €16.50 for children and adults, free up to 3 years old.
NEMO Science Museum
#8 FOAM Photography Museum:
FOAM opened in an old Amsterdam house on the canal, worldwide hosts temporary exhibitions of renowned photographers. You can go on a beautiful journey about the art of photography in the museum, which supports young artists with its own magazine, workshops and events.. You can access many photography reference books from the small bookstore on the ground floor of FOAM, and you can access many resources about the art of photography from the library on the upper floor.
FOAM from Monday Open from 10:00 to 18:00 on Wednesdays, from 10:00 to 21:00 on Thursdays and Fridays, and from 10:00 to 18:00 on Saturdays and Sundays.. Admission is 11€ for adults, 8€ for students, 7€ for children.
Moco Museum
#9 Moco Museum:
Moco Museum on the Museumplein, between the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum, was founded by the Logchies couple, who own another art gallery in Spiegelkwartier. Working with artists such as Koons and Hirst for many years, the couple’s extensive modern art collection is also on display at Moco, along with periodicals.. Moco Museum argues it ‘hosts works by artists with their own vision’. For example; Banksy, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Salvador Dali are some of the names featured in this museum.
Moco Museum is open hours are variable, best to look at their website. Admission is 13.50€ for adults, 11€ for students and 16-17 year olds, 8.50€ for 10-15 year olds. If in the morning 11€ if you arrive before 11 am or after 5 pm.
From the House of Bols website
#10 House of Bols:
Heineken Experience on the list It wouldn’t make sense to skip House of Bols; because this is also a cocktail museum, as well as an experience center. Information about cocktails is given in the museum, their preparations are shown.. Well, the best part is that he tastes the cocktails made.. Not as well-known as Heineken; i also found out while preparing itinerary for a trip to the company. After entering the museum, you have the right to have a cocktail here, just like in Heineken.. Continuing to compare with Heineken, entry is unfortunately not possible for those under the age of 18.
House of Bols tour costs 16€ including a cocktail,
strong> 19€ by adding a gift and 10% discount from the store to this package. If you want to join the cocktail training, 30€ per person including tour, workshop and 3 cocktails.. Entries are from 13.00 to 18.30 from Monday to Thursday, from 13.00 to 21.00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and from 13.00 to 18.30 on Sundays.
Entrance area to Rijksmuseum
We have come to the end of Amsterdam’s Best Museums article with House of Bols, but Journavel’s Amsterdam file will continue. Follow his Instagram account to get the notes about our Amsterdam and other trips and to be informed about us, let’s travel together!
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