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Ten museums everyone talks about

Where does the whole country, and the rest of the world, queue up?

Gevel van het Rijksmuseum met de vijver op het Museumplein 1
Art and history

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, North Holland

Eight hundred years of Dutch history under one roof, with The Night Watch at its heart.

Het ronde gebouw van het Van Gogh Museum met glazen entree 2
Art

Van Gogh Museum

Amsterdam, North Holland

The largest Van Gogh collection in the world, from the early dark canvases to the sunflowers.

Getekende rij Amsterdamse grachtenpanden 3
History

Anne Frank House

Amsterdam, North Holland

The Secret Annex on the Prinsengracht where Anne Frank wrote her diary. Booking in advance is a must.

Numbers 4 to 10

  1. 4
    NEMO Science Museum Amsterdam · Science
  2. 5
    Moco Museum Amsterdam · Modern
  3. 6
    Netherlands Open Air Museum Arnhem · Heritage
  4. 7
    Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden · Nature and science
  5. 8
    Railway Museum Utrecht · Transport
  6. 9
    Centraal Museum and Miffy museum Utrecht · Art and family
  7. 10
    Kunsthal Rotterdam Rotterdam · Modern

Rather skip the queue?

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