Museum van Loon
Keizersgracht 672

Museum van Loon is one of our favorite places in Amsterdam. This old canal house with it's original interior is a great backwards glance at life in OLD Amsterdam. You can have a very special private event here... complete with entertainment and catering.

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Recently renovated and expanded the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses a huge collection of paintings and drawings by Vincent van Gogh, including most of the works which he gave to his brother Theo. This museum also contains paintings by his contemporaries: Toulouse-Lautrec, Pisarro, Gauguin and Manet. 10:00-17:00.

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Tropenmuseum "Musium of The Tropics"

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The Allard Pierson Museum

Museum specializing in Egyptian, Roman and Greek sculpture and artefacts.

 

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Museum "Het Schip"  - "Amsterdam School" of architecture

 'The Ship is actually a city housing block in neighborhood of the city that is famous for it's style done in The Amsterdam School of Architecture. Features a permanent exhibition on the Amsterdam School architectural movement and displays an original post office interior.

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De Burcht
Labour Union museum, in a beautiful 1900 building by the architect Berlage

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Theater Museum
Museum about the Dutch theatre in two classic 17th century buildings.

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Portuguese Synagogue

Synagogue from 1675, erected by Spanish and Portuguese Jews who fled from their home countries in the latter part of the 15th century settling here. This building is as it was during the ww ll  German occupation completely intact other than repair maintenance. The inside lighting is with over 1100 candles with no added electrical lighting

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Jewish Historical Museum - Joods Historisch Museum
Museum dedicated to the history of Jews in Amsterdam.

Artis Zoo - Geographical Museum - Zoological Museum  and a Planetarium

Artis Zoo is Amsterdam's zoo. A wide selection of speciees other than the human animal. A popular and relaxing experience for kid in all of us.

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The Royal Palace

In Dutch, The Koninklijk Paleis
This is the official Royal Palace of the Netherlands Royal Family and located prominently on Dam Square. It is usually open to the public, if not  being used for special occasions or staging public ceremonies. an interesting note!

Rembrandt actually lost the bid to paint the interor decoration murials in the Palace.

should-a, could-a, would-a            ...said the city council..?

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Museum van Loon

One of our favorite places in Amsterdam. This old canal house with it's original interior is a great backwards glance at life in OLD Amsteradm. You can have a special event here complete with catering.

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The Rijksmuseum  

Amsterdam's largest museum, and one of the word's greatest, containing paintings by all of the Netherlands' treasured 17th century painters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Jan Steen and Van Hals. The Nightwatch by Rembrandt is their prize piece. Contains many artifacts as well as paintings. The museum is now partly closed for maintenance. A special wing with the most important works is being kept open.

10:00-17:00 Free entry under 19 yr.

Some of our favorite paintings in the Rijksmuseum...
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Rembrandt 400 in The Rijksmuseum January 26, 2006 - December 31, 2006 All the Rembrandt paintings in the Rijksmuseum 26 January - 19 February 2006 The Rijksmuseum holds one of the largest collections of Rembrandt’s paintings in the world. The Jewish Bride, The Syndics of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, the Self-portrait of Rembrandt as a Young Man and, of course, The Night Watch, are among his most famous works. But have you also seen his wonderful self-portrait as the apostle Paul, the portrait of his son Titus dressed as a monk or the impressive still life with peacocks? It is a rare occurrence for the entire collection of Rembrandt paintings to be exhibited all together. And now they can be seen for almost a month in the Philips Wing at the Rijksmuseum! Rembrandt-Caravaggio 24 February - 18 June 2006 One of the highlights of the Rembrandt year! The Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum will jointly be presenting a unique encounter between the two geniuses of Baroque painting: Rembrandt van Rijn and Il Caravaggio. For the first time, an exhibition is being organised with works from these two 17th century masters of chiaroscuro. Over 25 monumental paintings on loan from various international museums will offer a visual spectacle with powerful images of love, emotion and passion. The Rembrandt-Caravaggio exhibition can only be seen in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Really Rembrandt? 9 March - 24 May 2006 For the first time, the Rijksmuseum will be presenting paintings that were originally attributed to Rembrandt and were bought as such by the Rijksmuseum, but about which doubts have arisen over the years. In the Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum. Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway 2 June - 6 August 2006 Nightwatching promises to be a theatrical experience of images and sound by the famous director, Peter Greenaway. The visitor becomes a member of the audience and Rembrandt’s Night Watch becomes a play. Nightwatching in the Rijksmuseum is part of an ambitious project by Peter Greenaway presented in four parts, including a film (autumn 2006) and an opera (release autumn 2006), and can be seen in the Rijksmuseum as part of the Holland Festival in Amsterdam. On show in the Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum. All the Rembrandt drawings in the Rijksmuseum Part I: The Storyteller 11 August - 11 October 2006 The Rijksmuseum is presenting all 60 of Rembrandt’s drawings, which the museum counts among its riches, in two instalments. In part one Rembrandt can be seen as a self-willed storyteller of bible stories in particular. His originality is not only expressed in the choice of story, but also in the unrivalled psychological insight with which he explores the emotions of his main figures. Rembrandt: The Storyteller offers an intimate opportunity for getting to know Rembrandt as one of the greatest draughtsmen of all time. In the Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum. Part II: The Observer 14 October - 31 December 2006 The Rijksmuseum is presenting all 60 of Rembrandt’s drawings, which the museum counts among its riches, in two instalments. In part one Rembrandt can be seen as a self-willed storyteller of bible stories in particular. His originality is not only expressed in the choice of story, but also in the unrivalled psychological insight with which he explores the emotions of his main figures. Rembrandt: The Storyteller offers an intimate opportunity for getting to know Rembrandt as one of the greatest draughtsmen of all time. In the Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum. Rembrandt on Schiphol Airport In the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schipol two presentations will be on view celebrating the Rembrandt year Rembrandt's pupils 2 March - 30 May 2006 Really Rembrandt? 1 June - 5 September 2006 Part of the Really Rembrandt? exhibition in the Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum will travel to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol. visit the Rijksmuseum website      http://www.rijksmuseum.nl

Extensive collection of modern and contemporary art. Not to be missed if you enjoy the modern classics.

                            

Touring collections are featured regularly. 11:00-18:00

TEMPORARY LOCATION DURING RESTORATION of THE OLD BUILDING: Next to Central Station (as you are looking at the front of CS on your right in the old Post Office building) The art collection is still as wonderful and the restaurant is a pleasantly unique experience.

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An online list of all museums in The Netherlands is available from Holland Museums.

Vincent van Gogh an obscure unknown in life... famous beyond imignable hights after death.Visit Vincent's web site... he needs the hits.

It is said that in 1902 a merchant in the Duych city of Breda sold works by Vincent van Gogh for only10 cents each. Today, millions of dollars are offered for his paintings. Vincent van Gogh, born in 1853 in Groot-Zundert in Brabant, spent a great part of his artistic life in France. In Arles in the Provence, where he moved in 1888, he was particularly productive. He painted mainly to relieve himself of inner conflicts, and to avenge himself as an artist against all the setbacks he had suffered in his life. Van Gogh was praised for his use of light and color. He often spread his paint thickly onto the canvas with heavy brush strokes or a pallet knife. He died penniless in 1890, at only 37 years old. Vincent also had a passion for the alcoholic drink ABSINTH. But you will have to visit Prague to have a go at this experience however.

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Of the seventeenth-century painter Johannes Vermeer only 35 works are known. They are spread around the entire world in museums and private collections. The paintings of Vermeer are small and realistic. In contrast to Rembrandt and Frans Hals, he did not make large group portraits but, instead, painted one or at the most two people, indoors, quietly going about their business. Such as the lady and gentleman at the spinet, or the woman with the watering can and the writing woman with her servant. Experts feel that daylight brings out the best in Vermeer's paintings. The Mauritshuis in The Hague has such works as 'A View of Delft' in its collection. This painting was beautifully restored in 1994. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, with four of his works, has the most extensive collection of Vermeer paintings. In 1996 the Mauritshuis featured an exposition solely dedicated to Vermeer.The beautifully illustrated book that served as its catalogue is still available through Barns&Nobile Booksellers

(1626-1679) A well-known Dutch expression says: "it's a household of Jan Steen" - which means something like "it's a perfect shambles". This is to say that order, diligence and neatness are absolutely lacking in a house.Jan Steen himself was always in hot water. He painted mostly just to pay off his extensive debts. Jan Steen is one of that small group of painters from the Dutch Golden Age renowned world-wide for his works.The very mention of his name will evoke a smile from many of those who remember the great sense of humor that often shines through in Steen' works. However, Steen was more than just a jester. His masterful technique and ingenious compositions reveal him to be an artist of great stature. Jan Steen succeeded in recording, strikingly and with humor, al kinds of scenes of daily life in the seventeenth century: cheerful households, festive tavern scenes, revelling children and barking dogs.If you'd like to find out more about Jan Steen you can find him through Barns&Noble Booksellers

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