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Amsterdams Historisch Museum
The Historical Museum houses the city's most fascinating collection of artifacts,
archaeological finds, clothes, jewellery, maps, paintings and sculptures.
Originally a convent, in 1580 it became the city orphanage. Handsome exten-
sions were added by Hendrick and Pieter de Keyser before Jacob van Campen's
magnificent rebuilding of 1634. The orphans moved out in 1960, and in 1975
the museum moved in. Its stunningly presented exhibits and interactive
displays chart Amsterdam's growth and metamorphosis over the centuries.
Top 10 Works
1 Bird's-eye View of Amsterdam
2 The Return from the Second
Voyage to the East Indies
3 Terrestrial and
Celestial Globes
4 19th-century
Jewellery
Collection
5 Dam Square
6 Turbo Shell
7 Orphan Girls going to Church
8 Dr FM Wibaut (bronze head)
9 The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Jan
Deijman
0 Model of the Oosterdok
Kalverstraat entrance,
1581
The David & Goliath
café is inside Joost
Bilhamer's Kalver-
straat entrance.
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Start your sight-
seeing here;it will
help you understand
the city when you
begin to explore.
The electronic map
in Room 1 traces
Amsterdam's
development from
AD 1000 to 2000.
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Don't miss the
delightful façade
stones set into the
wall of the museum
in St Luciënsteeg.
Bird's-eye View of
Amsterdam
Cornelis Anthonisz's 1538
map of Amsterdam (the oldest
extant) includes the Dam,
Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk.
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•Kalverstraat 92;
Sint Luciensteeg 27;
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
357
•Map M4
•
020 523 1822
•www.ahm.nl
•
Open 10am-5pm
Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm Sat,
Sun and hols. Closed
1 Jan, 30 Apr, 25 Dec
•
Admission: adults €6;
children 6-15 €3 (under
6s free); concessions
€4.50
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The Return from the Second
Voyage to the East Indies
Hendrik Corneliszoon Broom's painting
(1599) celebrates the first successful
expedition to the Far East to buy spices.
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