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Anne Frank House Museum Amsterdam
One of Amsterdam's most popular and important museums is the Anne Frank House (Anne Frankhuis). The house is located on the Prinsengracht canal in the centre of Amsterdam. It contains the secret annex where the young girl Anne Frank and seven others hid from German occupation during WW2. It was here that she wrote her world-famous diary. She never survived the war. |
The Anne Frankhuis originally opened to visitors back in 1960. The museum underwent a major expansion in 1999 being reopened by Dutch Queen Beatrix.
As well as the annex the museum exhibits scale models of the house, a "diary room" with the original diary and a room dedicated to her father Otto Frank, the sole surviving family member who managed to get the diary published.
Visiting: With 1 million vistors per annum, the Anne Frank house is busy all year round so you should expect long queues. We highly recommend that you first buy your tickets online so that you can enter the museum directly without having to queue - you must pre-select your date and visit time.
The museum opens at 9am daily. Closing times are 10pm during July and August, 9pm in summer and 7pm in winter. The last admittance is 30 minutes before closing time and it takes about 1 hour to get around the exhibition.
Admission costs €8.50 for adults, €4 for children 10-17 and Euro <26 card holders, with free entry for 9 or under. Note, Museumkaart / Iamsterdam card holders and students receive no discount.
Getting There: The museum can be easily reached on foot from Dam Square heading west along Raadhuisstraat towards Westermarkt. Alternatively take tram 13 or 17 from Central Station to the Westermarkt stop. Then turn right onto Prinsengracht and walk up one block.
Nearby is the Westerkerk church tower which has fine views over the house and the city. There is a sculpture of Anne Frank on the church square.
Other museums of interest:
Anne Frank House, Prinsengracht 267, Amsterdam
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