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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