National Holocaust Museum

The National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam tells of the persecution and murder of the Jews in the Netherlands. It is part of the Jewish Cultural Quarter, together with the Jewish Museum, the Portuguese Synagogue and the Hollandsche Schouwburg.

What can you expect at the National Holocaust Museum?

• History: The museum is housed in the former Reformed teacher training college, opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg, an assembly point for deportation from 1942. From the crèche next door, Henriëtte Pimentel and helpers smuggled out some 600 children. King Willem-Alexander opened the museum on 10 March 2024.
• Exhibition: Some 2,500 objects, photos, films, audio clips and documents are spread over three floors: the start of the persecution, deportation and the camps, and the history of the building. Portraits of murdered children hang in the garden.
• Highlights: Highlights of the museum are:
  • The card index cabinets of the Jewish Council with the names and addresses of Dutch Jews.
  • A Night Watch brooch dug up near the gas chambers of Sobibor.
  • The ring Simon Vos made for his wife in Auschwitz.
  • The floor-to-ceiling wall of anti-Jewish laws and measures.

Practical information

• Tickets: One Jewish Cultural Quarter ticket gets you into four venues for a week.
• Recognition: The building was named Best Building of the Year in 2025.

The National Holocaust Museum is a powerful place to remember and to learn.

Furthermore National Holocaust Museum is near the following sights: Artis Royal Zoo (±90 m), Micropia (±100 m), Resistance Museum – WWII (±125 m), Hortus Botanicus (±200 m) & Portuguese Synagogue (±450 m).

For information

Nationaal Holocaustmuseum
Plantage Middenlaan 27, Amsterdam
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