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Address: Sandbergplein 1-3, Amsterdam 1180 EA
Housed in a contemporary, geometric structure, this modern art museum elucidates the creative movement of a mid-century coterie of artists, who derived their collective name (CoBrA) from the cities where they practiced (Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam). The colorful, expressive art strikes a particular chord with...
Address: Keizersgracht 609, Amsterdam 1017 DS
The city's leading photography museum occupies three adjoining canal houses and mounts simultaneous exhibitions in its variety of gallery spaces, focusing on all forms of the medium: from documentary to fashion, historic to contemporary. As well as major exhibits of leading luminaries such as Cecil Beaton, Annie...
Address: Nieuwe Herengracht 14, Amsterdam 1018 DP
Able to exhibit only around five percent of its massive three million-strong collection of art and antiquities, Russia's famous State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg opened a satellite museum in Amsterdam in 2004 devoted to staging rotating exhibitions. Its home is within the monumental Amstelhof, which dates from...
Address: Jodenbreestraat 4, Amsterdam 1011 NK
Rembrandt lived in this gracious, multi-storied home during his greatest period of success. The expansive structure – from 1639 to 1658 – was his home, studio and gallery space. When he went bankrupt in 1656, the house and his belongings were sold, Rembrandt moved to a rented home, and the building was given over to...
Address: Stadhouderskade 42, Amsterdam 1071 ZD
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Suffice it to say that this astounding museum, one of the world's finest, boasts some of history's most amazing artworks. More than 7 million objects comprise its collections, which include prints, paintings, sculpture, Asian art, and works detailing the history of the Dutch nation. Dating back to 1798, the museum...
Address: Oosterdokskade 5, Amsterdam 1011 AD
The main site of Amsterdam's leading modern art museum is currently undergoing extensive renovation and not expected to reopen until December 2009. In the meantime, it has been occupying a temporary location within a former postal building near Centraal Station, staging rotating exhibitions featuring work from 1968...
Address: Paulus Potterstraat 7, Amsterdam 1071 CX
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Dedicated to preserving the art created by one of history's most well-known yet tortured figures, this museum has compiled an impressive collection of Van Gogh's works. The permanent collection groups pieces according to where Van Gogh lived and the periods of his life; it also arranges them chronologically for...
