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Museumkaart - Dutch Museum Card Pass
The Museumkaart (museum card) is an annual discount card pass which gives free entry into over 400 museums in Netherlands including 33 museums in Amsterdam. The museumkaart costs €39.95 per year for adults and €19.95 for under 19s - there is also a one-time €4.95 admin fee for joining. The card will literally pay for itself after only a few visits so it's well worth the investment. |
The card is also known as the museumjaarkaart or MJK - it is more aimed at Dutch residents and not really promoted for tourist use. However, anyone can purchase one over-the-counter at major participating museums. Note, online purchase is only possible for Dutch residents.
After purchase, the museum can "activate" your card - you need to simply write the holder's name, gender and date of birth onto the card itself.
The card also comes with a form to fill-in to "join" the organisation - this is either handed back to the museum or sent away by post. However as a visitor / non-resident there is probably not much point in doing this. (Most Dutch fill in the form so their card is insured against loss and they can set up automatic direct debits to renew the card, thus avoiding the admin fee).
The following museums in Amsterdam allow free entry with the card. We have also highlighted (*) where you can purchase the card as well:
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Pierson Museum (*) Amsterdams Museum (*) Anne Frank House Bible Museum (*) Children's Jewish Historical Museum Cobra Museum - Amstelveen (*) Diamond Museum Amsterdam Dutch Resistance Museum (*) EYE Film Institute Foam Photography Museum Funeral Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis Museum Hermitage Amsterdam (*) Huis Marseille Photography Museum Jewish Historical Museum (*) Maritime Amsterdam (reopens Oct 2011) Max Euwe Chess Centre | Montevideo
Arts & Media Institute NEMO Science Center (*) New Church (*re) Old Church Olympic Experience Amsterdam Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (*) Press museum Rembrandt House (Buy here) Rijksmuseum (*) Royal Palace Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum The Ship/Amsterdam School Tropenmuseum (*) Tropenmuseum Junior (*) Van Gogh Museum (*) Van Loon Museum Willet-Holthuysen Museum (*) |
Note, you may have to pay a supplement to enter into special exhibitions at some museums.
One of the advantages of having a museumkaart is the ability to jump the queues at busy museums like the Van Gogh. It is also great to have the flexibility to just pop into a museum for 30 minutes without feeling the pressure to see everything.
It is fantastic value to any residents, expats and even tourists who plan to make multiple visits to Netherlands over a 12 month period.