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Amsterdam Museums:
For a fairly small city, Amsterdam has a surprisingly large number of
museums and galleries. There is Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum, but
modern art is also richly represented in Amsterdam, with the Stedelijk
Museum. In nearby Amstelveen there is the Cobra museum. There are many
galleries as well, especially in the Spiegelkwartier and in the Jordaan.
If you want to experience more of nature, then the gardens of the universities
and Artis Zoo are the right addresses. In a nutshell, there are a lot
of things to see in Amsterdam.
Museums:
> Rijksmuseum
- Major museum of Western European painting and decorative arts with an
extensive collection of Dutch masters.
> Van Gogh Museum
- With more than 200 paintings and almost 500 drawings, the Van Gogh
Museum maintains the largest and most varied Van Gogh collection in the
world.
> Rembrandthuis
- Located in the house where Rembrandt lived and worked from 1639 till
1658. The museum shows an almost complete collection of Rembrandt's etchings
and prints.
> Stedelijk Museum of
Modern Art - The most important museum of modern and contemporary
art in The Netherlands.
> Anne Frank - Official
site of the modern-day museum to Anne Frank, who spent two years in hiding
while she wrote her diary in the house.
> Nemo - A voyage
of discovery between fantasy and reality.
> Electric
Ladyland - First Museum of Flurescent Art - including participatory
art as well as permanent displays.
> Amsterdam
Historical Museum - The collection consists of paintings, prints,
marquettes, objects and archeological finds and shows how Amsterdam grew
from a small medieval town to a world famous centre.
> Computer Museum - The collection includes
technical and scientific computing equipment from the sixties to the present
day including commercial equipment, experimental machines and machines
built for specific scientific purposes.
> Filmmuseum - As a national center for cinematography
the museum aims to promote a lively Dutch film culture, by the collection,
restoration and screening of film treasures. Also presents new films,
both Dutch and foreign art films.
> Jewish
Historical Museum - The central motif of the permanent collection
is the religion, culture, and history of the Jews in the Netherlands.
> Royal Tropical Museum -
The institute supports non-Western countries in sustainable development
and informs the public about the tropics and sub-tropics.
> The Allard Pierson
Museum - The archaeological museum of the University of Amsterdam.
The nucleus of its collection is the collections of C.W. Lunsingh Scheurleer,
Van Leer, Six, and Van Lier.
> The Netherlands
Maritime Museum - Housed in the National Naval Depot, a former arsenal
of the Dutch Navy that is over 300 years old. The collection tells the
story of the maritime past of the Netherlands.
> Amsterdam
Botanic Garden - One of the oldest botanic gardens in existence with
a world-famous collection.
> De
Appel Foundation - Center for contemporary art.
> Holland Museum directory
by Netherlands Board of Tourism. Virtual rooms.
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