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Amsterdams Historisch Museum
Amsterdam Historical Museum (Amsterdams Historisch Museum) is located in the centre of the city and gives a fascinating insight into the history and development of Amsterdam from a small fishing village into one of Europe's great cities. It is well worth spending a couple of hours for a visit. |
The museum has been housed (since 1975) in a fine 16th century building which was originally a convent and then an orphanage. It can be accessed from either shopping street Kalverstraat (Sint Luciënsteeg) or Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal.
The Amsterdam Historical Museum has over 65,000 objects including archaeological finds from Amsterdam - see children's shoes from medieval times, grand paintings depicting Amsterdam's rich naval and colonial history, discover how the well-to-do lived on Herengracht canal in the Golden Age.
There are interesting exhibits on how the city's housing developed from the squalor of the 19th century to the social housing of the 20th century. Other features include Amsterdam during German occupation, the protest movements of the 1960s and a look at Ajax football team in its 1970s heyday. There are films, interactive multimedia screens and labelling is clear in both Dutch and English.
 | There is a museum cafe called Mokum in the old courtyard on the Kalverstraat side. |
Opening times are 1000 - 1700 Monday to Friday and 1100 - 1700 during the weekends.
There is a free Civic Guards' Gallery with Old Masters paintings open to the public. Entry to the museum itself costs €10 for adults, €7.50 for 65+ and €5 for ages 6-18. Free entry for under 6s, museum card pass and Iamsterdam card holders.
Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Nieuwezijds
Voorburgwal 357 / Kalverstraat 92
T: +31(0)20 523 1822
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