Museums in Amsterdam

With more than 50 museums within the city limits, Amsterdam has one of the highest museum densities in the world.

A capital full of museums

The city's biggest tourist draws are its world-famous museums, but the range on offer reaches far beyond the big names.

• Three icons on one square: on the Museumplein stand the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum side by side, together drawing millions of visitors from around the world each year.
• From the Golden Age to today: alongside the wealth of prominent paintings from the Golden seventeenth century, the city also offers city history, the monarchy, the printing press, film, theatre, photography, science and maritime history.
• Distinctly Dutch experiences: museums such as the Heineken Experience, the Houseboat Museum and the Straat Museum are one of a kind, each offering its own take on the city.
• Hidden gems: beyond the famous names, Amsterdam is home to dozens of small collections in the most unexpected places, from a houseboat to a seventeenth-century canal house. So you have no excuse to be bored in the Dutch capital.