Amsterdam Museums Metro-style Map

This is a ‘mash-up’ metro style map which highlights the majority of museums and attractions in Amsterdam.

With a sprinkle of inspiration from some of the world’s iconic metro maps, this unique map gives you a visual perspective of the city’s museums loosely based on their geographical location.

With a total of 92 points, the map illustrates Amsterdam’s rich and diverse collection of museums and attractions.

Amsterdam has one of the highest number of museums per capita in the world.

Please note that these are not real metro lines and the map is not exactly to scale! Go here for the real Amsterdam Metro Map

Our 4 virtual lines are as follows:

The blue Central line runs north-south from NXT Museum in Amsterdam Noord to the RAI Amsterdam exhibition centre in the south.
The purple Olympic Line runs via the main museum district on Museumplein and past the Olympic Stadium towards Schiphol airport (which has its own small Rijksmuseum exhibition).
The green Canal line follows the inner horseshoe ring of the city’s 17th century canal belt. It runs from STRAAT Museum at NDSM wharf in the north-west to Museum Noord in the north-east.
The yellow Rembrandt line, named of course after Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn, runs from the Embassy of the Free Mind through Amsterdam Central and heads in a south-east direction via the Rembrandt House and along Plantage before terminating at the Vrolik Museum in Amsterdam Zuid-Oost.

We decided the appropriate ‘interchange station’ for the Canal, Central and Olympic lines should be Stadsarchief, the city archives.

If you are curious about any of the stops we have included a brief description of each here:

Stop	Line(s)	Description
STRAAT Museum	■	Amazing street art in a 8,000m² former shipping warehouse
AMAZE Amsterdam	■	Immersive audio-visual experience in an old industrial nightclub
van Eesteren Museum	■	Small museum pavilion overlooking Sloterplas lake
Het Schip	■	Monumental apartments showcasing Amsterdam School of architecture
Fabrique des Lumières	■	Immersive art exhibitions using cutting-edge projection and music
Noorderkerk	■	Northern church used for exhibitions and concerts
Electric Ladyland	■	Quirky small museum of fluorescent art
Tulip Museum	■	Small but in-depth exhibition about tulips
Anne Frank House	■	House with secret annex where Anne Frank hid in WW2
Westerkerk	■	Western church and tower that also hosts concerts
Houseboat Museum	■	A traditional Dutch houseboat open for visitors
Felix Meritis	■	Monumental building and cultural meeting house
Museum of the Canals	■	Highlights the history of Amsterdam’s canals in a grand house
Huis Marseile	■	Contemporary photography museum on the Keizersgracht canal
Pipe Museum	■	Museum on the culture of pipe smoking
Cat Cabinet	■	Museum with a unique art collection based around cats
Stadsarchief	■ ■ ■	The Amsterdam city archive and historical documentation centre
Van Loon Museum	■	Double canal house and garden open to the public
Willet-Holthuysen House	■	Grand canal house from the 17th century
Our House	■	Museum of electronic music culture
H’ART Museum	■	Former Hermitage, hosts major exhibitions on art and history
Outsider Art	■	Museum of the Mind’s Outsider art collection
Rembrandt House Museum	■ ■	The house where artist Rembrandt van Rijn lived and worked
ARCAM	■	Architecture Centre Amsterdam hosts exhibitions on urban development
OBA Library	■	Amsterdam’s central library on Oosterdok
NEMO	■	Science and technology museum for youngsters in an iconic green building
NEMO Studio	■	Satellite NEMO location with exhibitions aimed at grown ups
Maritime Museum	■	Het Scheepvaartmuseum showcases Dutch maritime history
Oosterkerk	■	Eastern church that hosts regular concerts and exhibitions
WONDR	■	Fun and immersive pop-up experience in Amsterdam
Museum Noord	■	Small museum about the development of north Amsterdam
NXT museum	■	‘New media art’ museum with immersive exhibitions
This Is HOLLAND	■	5D flight experience over Dutch landscapes
EYE Film Museum	■	Modern white building with film museum and cinema
A’DAM Lookout	■	Panoramic viewpoint at the A’DAM Toren building
Amsterdam Centraal	■ ■	Amsterdam’s Central Station, a major transport hub
Sexmuseum	■	Popular museum exploring sexual themes
Body Worlds	■	Exhibition of ‘plastinated’ human bodies
W139	■	Presentation and production space for contemporary art
Nieuwe Kerk	■	New Church on Dam Square hosts regular exhibitions
Royal Palace	■	The imposing Royal Palace on Dam Square
Madame Tussauds	■	Popular celebrity wax work museum on Dam Square
Ripley’s	■	Ripley’s Believe It or Not exhibition on rarities and oddities
Amsterdam Museum	■	Museum on Amsterdam’s history, currently under renovation until 2025
Amsterdam Dungeon	■	Interactive group show through dungeons with live actors
Allard Pierson	■	Archaeological museum with ancient artifacts
Torture Museum	■	Museum with torture implements from the middle ages
FOAM	■	Renowned Amsterdam photography museum
BonTon	■	Tour of a strip-club with a former sex-worker
Heineken Experience	■	Tour the former Heineken Brewery
De Dageraad	■	Take a tour of this Amsterdam School housing complex
The Upside Down	■	Instagram experience which has 25 mind-bending rooms
RAI Amsterdam	■	Main exhibition and convention centre in the city
Schiphol Airport	■	Amsterdam’s international airport
Museum JAN	■	Visual arts museum with a focus on glass
CoBrA Museum	■	Museum on the Cobra avant-garde art movement
Olympic Stadium	■	Historic stadium used for the 1928 Olympics
Tramway	■	Take a ride on the museum tramline in Amsterdam
Living Horse Museum	■	Museum in the oldest riding school of the Netherlands
Stedelijk	■	Museum for contemporary and modern art and design
Van Gogh Museum	■	The largest collection of Vincent Van Gogh works
House of Bols	■	Cocktail and genever experience about the Lucas Bols brand
MOCO Museum	■	Modern-contemporary art including Banksy
Diamond Museum	■	Diamond-themed museum by Royal Coster Diamonds
Rijksmuseum	■	Amsterdam’s principal museum with a magnificent art collection
Max Euwe Centre	■	Chess themed museum named after a Dutch grandmaster
Rembrandts Amsterdam	■	Immersive audio-visual presentation on Rembrandt’s later years
Embassy of the Free Mind	■	Museum and library promoting freedom of thought
Multatuli Museum	■	Museum on the Dutch author who wrote the novel Max Havelaar
Cat Boat	■	A floating sanctuary for stray and abandoned cats
Op Solder Museum	■	House with a hidden Catholic church in its attic
Ouderkerk	■	The old church, Amsterdam’s oldest building
Erotic Museum	■	Erotic-themed museum
Red Light Secrets	■	Museum of prostitution set in a former brothel
Hash Museum	■	A museum dedicated to the cannabis plant
Zuiderkerk	■	Southern church and its tower
Jewish Museum	■	Museum on the Jewish faith and its rituals
Portuguese Synagogue	■	Historic 17th century synagogue
Hortus Botanicus	■	Old botanical gardens with 4,000 plant species
Luther Museum	■	Museum on Dutch Lutheran heritage with period rooms
Holocaust Museum	■	Museum on the holocaust from a Netherlands perspective
Hollandsche Schouwburg	■	Dutch National Holocaust Memorial in a former theatre
Verzets Museum	■	Museum about the Dutch resistance in WW2
Micropia	■	World’s first museum about microbes and micro-organisms
ARTIS	■	Picturesque zoo in the heart of the city
Groote Museum	■	Museum about the connection between all forms of life
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam	■	Ethnographic museum about non-Western cultures
Framer Framed	■	Platform for contemporary art, visual culture, critical theory & practice
Tot Zover	■	Museum about death and funeral rituals
OSCAM	■	Open Space Contemporary Art Museum in the multi-cultural Bijlmer district
Johan Cruijff ArenA	■	Football stadium home of AFC Ajax named after the Dutch legend
Vrolik Museum	■	Museum with anatomical and embryological specimens