Yet Another Perl Conference Europe 2001
August 2-4, 2001

Hogeschool Holland
Amsterdam, Netherlands


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Museums

More information about museums can be found at www.amsterdammuseums.nl.

The information on this page was derived from a brochure 'Free Map Guide to 32 Museums', available from the VVV, Travelocity.com, the sites of the museums listed and the author's memory. Information may be incorrect; it is best to check before making plans.

Listings


Ajax Museum
ArenA Boulevard 3
3111333

The more than 100 year history of the Amsterdam football (soccer) club Ajax.


Allard Pierson Museum
Oude Turfmarkt 127
020 525 25 56
Tuesday-Friday 10-17; Saturday, Sunday 13-17.
Adults: 9,50 NLG;Students and 65+: 7,00 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

An archaeological museum with objects from ancient mediterranean cultures.


Amstelkring Museum, 'Our Lord in the Attic'
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40
020 624 66 04
Monday-Saturday 10-17; Sunday and public holidays 13-17.
Adults: 10,00 NLG; Students and 65+: 7,50 NLG.

A museum with 17th century period rooms and an attic church.


Amsterdam Botanic Garden
Plantage Middenlaan 2a
020 625 90 21
Monday-Friday 9-17; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 11-17.
Adults: 10,00 NLG
Wheelchair accessible.

One of the oldest botanic gardens.


Amsterdam Historical Museum
Kalverstraat 92 / Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 259
020 523 18 22
Monday-Friday 10-17; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 11-17.
Adults: 13,50 NLG; 65+: 10,00 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

A museum about Amsterdam.


Amsterdam Municipal Archives
Amsteldijk 67
020 572 02 02
During exhibitions Monday-Sunday 11-17; Study rooms Monday-Friday 10-17
Free.
Wheelchair accessible.

Archives and collections open to the public.


Anne Frank House
Prinsengracht 267
020 556 71 00
Daily 9-21.
Adults: 12,50 NLG.

The hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her diary.


De Appel Foundation
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10
020 625 56 51
Tuesday-Sunday 12-17.
Wheelchair accessible.

Centre for contemporary art.


Amsterdam Centre for Architecture
Waterlooplein 213
020 620 48 78
Tuesday-Saturday 13-17.
Wheelchair accessible.

Exhibitions on architecture.


Artis Amsterdam Zoo Zoological and Geological Museum
Plantage Kerklaan 38-40
020 523 34 00
Daily 9-18.
Adults: 28,50 NLG; 65+: 26,00
Wheelchair accessible.

A very old zoo.


Beurs van Berlage Museum
Beursplein 1
020 624 01 41
Tuesday-Sunday 11-17.
Adults: 7,00; with student or 65+ pass: 5,00 NLG
Wheelchair accessible.

Exhibitions on architecture and applied arts.


Biblical Museum
Herengracht 366-368
020 624 24 36
Monday-Saturday 10-17; Sunday and public holidays 13-17.
Adults: 8,00 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

Bible and culture located in canal houses from 1662.


Dutch Resistance Museum
Plantage Kerklaan 61
020 620 25 35
Tuesday-Friday 10-17; Monday, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 12-17.
Adults: 9,00 NLG
Wheelchair accessible.

The Netherlands during WWII.


Erotic Museum "The Art of Erotics"
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 54 020 624 73 03
Daily 10-23:30.
Adults: 5 NLG.
(accessibility unknown).

A sex museum.


Hash Marijuana Hemp Museum
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 148
020 623 59 61
Daily 10-17:30.
Adults: 18,00 NLG; 65+: 13,00 NLG (accessibility unknown).

A museum on hash, marijuana and hemp.


Huis Marseille-Foundation for Photography
Keizersgracht 401
020 531 89 89
Tuesday-Sunday 11-17
Adults: 5,00 NLG.

A museum of photography with changing exhibitions.


Jewish Historical Museum
Jonas Daniël Meijerplein 2-4
020 626 99 45
Daily 11-17.
Adults: 10,00 NLG; 65+ and international student card: 5,50 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

Aspects of Dutch Judaism housed in former synagogues.


KIT Tropenmuseum
Linnaeusstraat 2
020 568 82 00
Daily 10-17.
Wheelchair accessible.

The daily lives of people in the tropics.


Madame Tussaud's Scenerama
Dam
020 622 99 49
Daily 9:30-17:30.
Adults: 18,50; 65+: 15,00.
(accessibility unknown).

The Amsterdam version of the attraction with Dutch characters in addition to the international favorites.


Museum van Loon
Keizersgracht 672
020 624 52 55
Friday-Monday 11-17.
Adults: 7,50 NLG; 65+: 5,00 NLG.
(accessibility unknown).

A restored home of the van Loon family.


The National Trade Union Museum
Henri Polaklaan 9
020 624 11 66
Tuesday-Friday 11-17; Sunday 13-17.
Adults: 5,00 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

History of Dutch trade unions.


NEMO
Oosterdok 2
0900 919 11 00 (75 cents per minute)
Monday-Sunday 10-17.
Adults: 18,75 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

"A voyage of discovery between fantasy and reality."


Netherlands Maritime Museum Amsterdam
Kattenburgerplein 1
020 523 22 22
Monday-Sunday 10-17.
Adults: 14,50 NLG; 65+: 12,50.
Wheelchair accessible.

Maritime collection and Dutch East Indiaman Amsterdam.


Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Art
Keizersgracht 264
020 523 71 01
Monday-Friday 9-17; Gallery: Tuesday-Saturday 13-18.

The field of media-art.


De Nieuwe Kerk
Dam
020 638 69 09
During exhibitions: Wednesday-Monday 10-18; Thursday 10-22.
Wheelchair accessible.

Late Gothic building housing art exhibitions. The building where Dutch monarchs are officially inaugurated. Admiral de Ruyter is buried in the church.


The Old Church
Oudekerksplein
020 625 82 84
Monday-Saturday 11-17; Sunday 13-17.
Adults: 8,00 NLG; Students: 6,00 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

Oldest monument in Amsterdam (c. 1250).


Open Harbour Museum
KNSM-laan 311
020 418 55 22
Tuesday-Friday 10-17.

Maritime history of Amsterdam.


The Rembrandt House Museum
Jodenbreestraat 4
020 520 04 00
Monday-Saturday 10-17; Sunday and public holidays 13-17.
Adults: 15,00 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

Rembrandt's 17th-century house restored to reflect his life and era.


Royal Palace
Dam
020 620 40 60
Daily 11-17.
Adults: 9,50 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

17th century art in its original setting.


Rijksmuseum
Stadhouderskade 42
020 674 70 47
Daily 10-17.
Adults: 17,50 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

The largest museum in the Netherlands with works by famous painters such as Rembrandt and Vermeer. Currently housing an exhibition: 'Two Golden Centuries, paintings from the Netherlands and Denmark.'


Sexmuseum Amsterdam Venustempel
Damrak 18
020 622 83 76
Daily 10-23:30.
Adults: 4,50 NLG.
(accessibility unknown).

A sex museum.


Stedelijk Museum
Paulus Potterstraat 13
020 573 29 11
Daily 11-17.
Adults: 10,00 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

Contemporary and modern art.


Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
Rozenstraat 59
020 422 04 71
Tuesday-Sunday, public holidays 11-17.
Wheelchair accessible.

New Amsterdam art trends.


Tattoo Museum
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 130 (Red Light District).
020 625 15 65
Daily 10-17:30.
Adults: 5,00 NLG.
(accessibility unknown).

The history and current practice of tattooing around the world.


Theatre Museum
Herengracht 168
020 551 33 00
Tuesday-Friday 11-17; Saturday, Sunday 13-17.
Adults: 8,50 NLG; Student pass and 65+: 6,50 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

A view of Dutch theatre past and present.


Torture Museum
Damrack 20-22
020 639 20 27
Daily 10-23.
Adults: 7,50 NLG.

Torture devices.


University Museum
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231
Monday-Friday 9-17.

Exhibitions about the history of science and student life.


Van Gogh Museum
Paulus Potterstraat 7
020 570 52 00
Daily 10-18.
Adults: 15,50 NLG.
Wheelchair accessible.

The museum with the world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh. Currently housing an exhibition: 'Paul Signac, Master of Pointalism.'


Willet-Holthuysen Museum
Herengracht 605
020 523 18 22
Monday-Friday 10-17; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 11-17.
Adults: 13,50 NLG; 65+: 10,00 NLG.

A 17th century mansion.


Woonboot Museum (Houseboat Museum)
Elandsgracht (opposite Prinsengracht 296)
020 427 07 50
Tuesday-Sunday 10-17.
Adults: 3,75.
(accessability unknown).

The Hendrika Maria (1914) serves as a museum.




 




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