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Amsterdam Museum


  • Hours: Daily from 10am until 5pm, Closed on 27 April and 25 December, January 1 open from 12:00pm until 5pm, December 5, 24 and 31 open until 4 pm
  • Phone: 31 (0)20 5231 822
  • Type: Congeries Repository
  • Travel Genus: Visit , Visit
  • Museum Type: Congeries Repository
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Available for private functions

The Amsterdam Museum, located in a 1578 City Orphanage (Burgerweeshuis) building, curates the history of Amsterdam from the Middle Ages to modern times, including artifacts and paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Leading from Begijnensteeg to the museum, is the Civic Guard Gallery (Schuttersgalerij), an enclosed, free, public museum street. - AsNotedIn


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Objects of Art

WorkTypeCreatorAsNotedIn
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Joan Deyman Painting

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1578/00/00 The city of Amsterdam decides to built an orphanage to house hundreds of children. The Regent's room and the Orphans' boxes in the courtyard date from this period. It will remain in operation here for almost four centuries, until 1960.

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Museum Type Heritage Museum




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