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4
Huis Marseille
MUSEUM
This well-curated photography museum stages large-scale, temporary exhibitions by inter-
national artists. Themes might include portraiture, nature or regional photography. The
gallery space spreads over several floors of a historic home and spills into a tiny summer
house in the garden. There's a terrific little library, too.
(
www.huismarseille.nl
; Keizersgracht 401;
adult/child €5/free;
11am-6pm Tue-Sun;
1/2/5 Keizersgracht)
5
Reypenaer Cheese Tasting
Here's your chance to become a
kaas
connoisseur. The 100-plus-year-old Dutch cheese-
maker Reypenaer offers tastings in a rustic classroom under its shop. The hour-long ses-
sion (available in English) includes six cheeses plus optional wine and port pairings. The
staff leads you through them from young to old, helping you to appreciate each hunk's
look, smell and taste. Call for the schedule.
(
CULINARY
320 63 33;
www.reypenaer.com
; Singel 182; tastings
from €10;
1/2/5/13/17 Raadhuisstraat)
6
Pianola Museum
MUSEUM
This is a very special place, crammed with pianolas from the early 1900s, as well as
nearly 20,000 music rolls. Every month (except July and August) player-piano concerts
are held, featuring anything from Mozart to Fats Waller and rare classical or jazz tunes
composed especially for the instrument. The curator gives demonstrations with great zest.
(
627 96 24;
www.pianola.nl
; Westerstraat 106; adult/child €5/3;
2-5pm Sun;
3/10 Marnixplein)
7
Electric Ladyland
The world's first museum of fluorescence is a hippie-trippy treat. Even if you didn't eat a
space cake before arriving, you're gonna feel like it, as grey-ponytailed artist and owner
Nick Padalino takes you to his shop's basement and shows you all kinds of glow-in-the-
dark objects, from psychedelic sculptures to luminescent rocks. Allow a good hour for the
MUSEUM
