Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam's best known attraction is probably the Van Gogh Museum, situated on Museumplein in the Old South (Oud-Zuid) district of the city. The museum houses the world's largest collection of paintings by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh who lived between 1853 and 1890. |
The museum originally opened in 1973 but the modern new wing (seen below) was added in 1999. It contains a permanent collection of Van Gogh's paintings, drawings and letters plus some paintings from other 19th century artists. It also holds temporary exhibitions.
The museum is open daily between 1000 and 1800. Friday is late night opening until 2200. Admission costs €10 for adults, €2.50 for 13 to 17 year olds, while under 12s, Museumkaart and IAmsterdam card holders get free entry. Note, from July 1st 2008 the admission price will increase a hefty 25% to €12.50.
The Van Gogh museum is extremely popular with visitors and there are always long queues to get in. One of the major advantages of holding a Museumkaart is that you get immediate entry with no queuing. Alternatively you should buy your tickets online which will also allow you to jump the queue.
The galleries themselves are also very busy so you may require some patience to get up close to the paintings, especially the iconic 'Sunflowers' from 1888.
Audio tours (9 languages) or PDA Multimedia tours (English and Dutch) are available for €4 extra whilst the children's audio tour (English and Dutch) costs €2.50.
Museumplein can be easily reached on foot (about 10 minutes walk from Leidseplein). From Central Station you can take Tram 2 or 5 and get out at Van Baerlestraat.
Van
Gogh Museum, Paulus Potterstraat 7, MuseumPlein, Amsterdam
Tel: +31(0)20
570 5200
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