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17th-Century Kitchen
This reconstructed room was inhabited as-is until 1952. Blue-tiled
walls show playful scenes of kids and animals. Step into the small
pantry, then open a door to see the toilet.
• Climb the rope back up the stairs and turn left to find exhibits on
Amsterdam's other Catholic churches and the “Miracle of Amsterdam.”
Then descend a different set of stairs into the...
19th-Century Kitchen
This just looks so Dutch, with blue tiles, yellow walls, and Vermeer-
esque lighting from a skylight. The portrait opposite the fireplace
depicts the last resident of this house on her First Communion day.
When she died in 1953, her house became part of this museum.
Think of how her age overlaps our age...of all the change since
she was born. Consider the contrast of this serene space with the
wild world that awaits just outside the door of this hidden church.
And plunge back into today's Amsterdam.
