The more than 50 museums

Over 50 Museums are one of the main attractions of Amsterdam. The best known are undoubtedly the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum.

Van Gogh Museum
With its 200 paintings and 550 drawings and watercolors, is one of the world's largest collections devoted to the Dutch painter, is also home to personal items and letters written to his brother Theo, as well as the private collection of Theo himself. Address: Paulus Potterstraat 7 (District Museum)

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
And 'the greatest museum of the Netherlands, with more than one million visitors a year. It offers an extensive overview about the Dutch, the first blade to medieval masterpieces of the Golden Century. Address: Stadhouderskade 42 (District Museum)

Rembrandthuis Museum - Rembrandt House
The house where the painter lived from 1639 to 1659 is now a museum that collects, in addition to personal items, a large collection of etchings and paintings of master artists who inspired him (for example, Pieter Lastman). Address: Jodenbreestraat 4

Hermitage Amsterdam
After a close cooperation in organizing exhibitions with the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church), at the end of February 2004 he finally opened the headquarters in Amsterdam dell'Hermitage St. Petersburg. The building that houses Neerlandia represents only the first phase (subject to temporary exhibitions): by 2007 the museum will be completed and extended up to an exhibition space of 4000 square meters. Address: Nieuwe Herengracht 14

Stedelijk Museum
The most important museum of modern and contemporary art in Amsterdam, with works ranging from 1850 to the present day. From June 2004 the headquarters of the museum was transferred to the old Post Office (not far from Central Station). Address: Oosterdoksdijk 5

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
E 'space and gallery of the Stedelijk Museum with exhibitions of new artists to prominence. Admission is free. Address: 59 Rozenstraat

De Appel - Appel Foundation
Center for contemporary art, offers temporary exhibitions of new artists and art forms. Address: Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10

Montevideo - Multimedia Art
Dutch Art Institute of Multimedia, has interesting temporary exhibitions that explore the field of Video and Multimedia. Address: Keizersgracht, 264

Film Museum
Located in the Vondelpark, it is cinema (daily, often exclusive masterpieces of cinema history) and Museum (archive of photos, posters and scripts for Dutch and international films, temporary exhibitions). Address: Vondelpark 3

FOAM - Photography
Extended museum dedicated to photography in its artistic aspect. More exhibitions are held in the building that houses frequently encounters and discussions. Address: Keizersgracht 609

Huis Marseille - Photo
Located in a historic residence belonging to a wealthy French merchant, the Museum organizes temporary exhibitions lasting 3 months. Even here the emphasis on photography as art to 360 °. Address: Keizersgracht 401

Anne Frank House
In the back of the house hid Anne and her family for more than two years during the Second World War. Here, Anne Frank wrote her famous diary, exposed in the Museum's permanent collection. Address: Prinsengracht 267 (in the Jordaan district, near the Plaza)

Joods Historisch Museum - Jewish Historical Museum
The museum is located in a complex formed by 4 synagogues (the oldest dates back to the seventeenth century) and houses a rich collection on Jewish culture in the Netherlands. Address: Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4

Verzetsmuseum - Dutch Resistance Museum (World War II)
The museum exhibition, in its permanent collection, the work and the faces of the Dutch Resistance during World War II to a "set" that has personal items, movies, and ideas for reflection. Are also arranged exhibitions. Address: Plantage Kerklaan 61

Amsterdams Historisch Museum - Historical Museum
Located in what was once the convent of St. Luciene and then an orphanage, the local museum open onto spacious courtyards. The permanent collection shows the various stages of development in Amsterdam. Address: Kalverstraat 92 Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 357, St Luciensteeg

Nieuwe Kerk - New Church
The current structure dates back to 1650-1660, since 1841 is the church where monarchs are crowned the Netherlands, no longer used in religious services, hosts temporary exhibitions on the theme. Address: Dam square

Koninklijk Paleis - Royal Palace 
Characterized by its neoclassical facade, was the site of the original town hall, today is the residence of the Queen in her stays in town. The main rooms are open, majestic as the outside. Address: Dam Square

Bijbelsmuseum - Museum of the Bible
Located in a historic residence, the museum tells the story of the Bible: archaeological finds, samples of different ages, sacred objects, and in caves overlooking the garden, even two rooms with essences mentioned in the Bible. Address: Herengracht 366 - 368

Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum - Museum of Maritime History
The museum houses the largest collection of boats in the world: models, maps, maps, paintings and relics showing the Dutch naval history. Address: Linnaeusstraat 2, quarter Plantage

Houseboat museum
Have you ever wondered how you live in a typical house-boat on the canals of Amsterdam? Here's an opportunity to satisfy your curiosity! Address: Prinsengracht, opposite 296

Vakbondsmuseum
The imposing building was built in 1900 to designs by HP Berlage to house the workers of diamonds, became the seat of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, and now it has become the museum, which houses exhibitions on the theme and sometimes classical music concerts. Address: Henri PolakLaan 9

ARCAM - Center for Architecture in Amsterdam
The foundation ARCAM exhibits in exhibitions all aspects of the architecture of Amsterdam, and is situated on the top floor of a building of unique design (designed by René van Zuuk). Address: Prins Hendrikkade

Museum Het Schip - Museum on the 'Amsterdam School'
This complex (called 'The Ship', designed by M. de Klerk) belongs to the moment of greatest architectural flowering of the movement called De Amsterdamse School (The School of Amsterdam) arose at the beginning of the twentieth century. The museum carries the historical value of that period. Address: Spaarndammerplantsoen 140

TIN
Frescoes on the walls and ceiling, and the majestic flight of marble form the backdrop to a journey through the history of the theater, from the Middle Ages until the present day experiments. Address: Herengracht 168

Museum Willet-Holthuysen
A visit to a splendid abode overlooking the canal of the seventeenth century, then lived as a wealthy family? The original furniture, paintings and precious objects, the tea room and concert ... a good journey back in time! Address: Herengracht 605 (south-east of the center, near the river Amstel)

NEMO
Designed by Renzo Piano, the imposing building in the shape of a ship (near the Scheepvaart Museum, not far from Central Station) is home to the largest and most futuristic museum of Science and Technology of the Netherlands. Especially suitable for children who can learn through the interactive museum. Address: Oosterdok 2

Amstelkring Museum
This museum is located in a house overlooking the channel 500 and is divided on two floors: downstairs rooms collecting furniture, paintings and religious objects, on the upper floor a church secret (one of the many places of worship built illegally after the reform). Address: Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40

De Hortus - Botanical Garden
The birth of quest'oasi in the city dates back to 600. Originally used as a garden of doctors and special, now counts about 6000 species from around the world. Address: Plantage Midddenlaan 2nd

Tropenmuseum - Tropical Museum
Built in 1926, the Institute for Dutch colonial, now houses a museum dedicated to the tropical and subtropical world, with emphasis on culture and economy of the countries taken into account. Accurate reconstructions often interactive exhibits and you will discover the uses and customs of distant peoples. Address: Kattenburgerplein 1 (Plantage district)

Allard Pierson Museum
Owned by the University, the museum is the only city specializes in archeology and has a very extensive collection of Egyptian artefacts, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Cyprus and Iran. Address: Oude Turfmarkt 127

Persmuseum - Museum of Printing
Four centuries of printing and journalism are covered in this museum that presents a large collection of newspapers, magazines and pictures policies. Address: Zeeburgerkade 10

Energetica
The story of the invention and production of electricity and its applications (this is also a collection of radio) to remember what this discovery has changed the habits of man. Address: 400 Hooge Kadijk

Open Havenmuseum - Museo del Porto
This museum, located in the old passenger terminal, allowing viewing of old ships and find out how the port was life in the past. Address: KNSM-laan 311

Gemeentearchief - Municipal Archives
Files, books, newspapers, maps and drawings allow us to reconstruct the life of the inhabitants of Amsterdam ... if you have relatives or ancestors Dutch, this is the place for you. Address: 67 Amsteldijk

Madame Tussaud
The famous wax museum has a home since 1991 also in Amsterdam. Along with famous people of the present and the past, you can retrace the history of Amsterdam and, why not take a photo with the Royal Netherlands. Address: Dam square

Torture museum
What was cruel instruments capable of inventing the man even to extort confessions? A small museum that will make you relive the dark times of the Inquisition. Address: Singel 449