# List of museums in Amsterdam

This is a list of museums in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam:
* Allard Pierson Museum, archeological museum of the University of Amsterdam, with special collections of the University Library
* Amsterdam Centre for Architecture (ARCAM)
* Amsterdam Dungeon
* Amsterdam Museum, formerly (up to 2011) Amsterdams Historisch Museum
* Amsterdam Tulip Museum
* Anne Frank House
* Appie Baantjer Museum, about author of detectives (visit by appointment)
* Beurs van Berlage
* Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, exceptional old books
* Bijbels Museum, biblical museum, also known as the Cromhouthuizen
* Brilmuseum, National Museum of Spectacles, museum about glasses
* Diamond Museum Amsterdam
* Dutch National Holocaust Museum
* Electric Ladyland, museum of fluorescent art
* Erotisch Museum
* Eye Filmmuseum
* Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, photography museum on the Keizersgracht
* Grachtenmuseum, Museum of the Canals
* Groote Museum, in Artis Zoo
* Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum
* H'ART Museum, art museum by the Amstel river
* Hortus Botanicus, botanical garden
* Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography
* Imagine Identity and Culture, about culture and migration in the Bijlmer
* Joods Historisch Museum, about Jewish culture, history and religion
* KattenKabinet, cat museum
* Levend Paarden Museum, at the Hollandsche Manege
* Madame Tussauds Amsterdam, wax figures museum
* Max Euwe-Centrum, museum about chess and the only Dutch chess champion
* Micropia, museum about microbes in Artis Zoo
* Moco Museum, Modern Contemporary Museum Amsterdam
* Molen van Sloten, containing the Kuiperijmuseum, Dutch windmill open for visits
* Multatuli Museum, museum about author of Max Havelaar
* Museum Amsterdam Noord
* Museum Het Schip, museum about the architecture of the Amsterdam School
* Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover, museum about funerals
* Museum Van Loon, canal house open for visits
* Museum Vrolik at the AMC Amsterdam, museum about anatomy in academic medical hospital
* Museum Willet-Holthuysen, canal house open for visits
* Museumwoning Tuindorp Oostzaan, house in Amsterdam North
* NEMO Science Museum
* Nieuwe Kerk
* Noorderkerk
* Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, also known as Museum Amstelkring, canal clandestine church
* Oranje Voetbal Museum
* Oude Kerk
* Royal Palace of Amsterdam
* Pianola Museum, self playing music instrument
* Pipe Museum
* Press Museum, museum of journalistic heritage, affiliated with the International Institute of Social History
* Rembrandt House Museum, museum about Rembrandt in his old house
* Resistance museum, Dutch resistance to Nazi rule
* Rijksmuseum, national museum of the Netherlands
* Scheepvaartmuseum, Maritime Museum Amsterdam
* Sex museum, The temple of Venus
* Stadsarchief Amsterdam, city archive
* Stedelijk Museum, modern and contemporary art
* STRAAT Amsterdam, Museum for Street Art and Graffiti Art
* Theo Thijssen Museum, museum about writer, teacher and socialist politician Theo Thijssen
* Torture Museum
* Van Eesterenmuseum, museum about architect and urban planner Cornelis van Eesteren
* Van Gogh Museum, dedicated to the work of Vincent van Gogh
* Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, previously known as Tropenmuseum, etnographic museum
* Werf 't Kromhout, one of few shipyards still in use in Amsterdam
* Willem Bilderdijk museum, part of the department Special Collections, University Library Vrije Universiteit (visit by appointment)
* Witsenhuis, in the house of painter and photographer Willem Witsen
* Woonboot Museum, houseboat museum
* World of Ajax
* Zuiderkerk

## Special mentions

* Electrische Museumtramlijn Amsterdam, historic electric tram railway
* Fabrique des Lumières
* Heineken Experience, historic brewery and visitors centre
* Het Glazen Huis (Amstelpark)
* Museumhaven Amsterdam
* Rembrandts Amsterdam Experience
* Rijksprentenkabinet, in the Rijksmuseum, but can be visited separately