Museums

In the Netherlands, there are more than 650 museums!
We will give you a few suggestions of museums you can visit with a Guidor guide. They will bring the collection to life!

Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum:
has a vast collection of works by Dutch painters. Especially the 17th-century painters such as Rembrandt and Vermeer are world-famous.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl

Van Gogh museum:
a complete museum dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh’s work, including his famous Sunflowers.
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl

Stedelijk museum:
the modern art museum with works as from 1860 including Piet Mondriaan, Kazimir Malevich and Barnett Newman. 
https://www.stedelijk.nl

Maritime museum:
highlight is a replica of the Dutch East India company sailing ship the Amsterdam. The museum contains one of the largest collections of maritime collections in the world with 40,000 objects.
https://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.com

Smaller house museums such as:

Rembrandt house
https://www.rembrandthuis.nl

Van Loon
https://www.museumvanloon.nl/informatie

Willet-Holthuysen
https://www.willetholthuysen.nl

The Hague

Mauritshuis:
a beautiful house including a fantastic collection of 16th and 17th century Dutch masters. Highlight is Girl with the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.
https://www.mauritshuis.nl

Kunstmuseum:
houses an art collection including 160,000 objects with works by Mondriaan, Schiele and many more.
https://www.kunstmuseum.nl

Panorama Mesdag:
houses one of the largest 360-degree panoramas in the world giving you a view over the beach of Scheveningen in the 19th century.
https://www.panorama-mesdag.nl

Rotterdam

Booijmans van Beuningen : closed for renovation.

Maritime museum:
Here you can discover the enormous effect that shipping has on our daily lives. There is a collection of historic vessels and cranes which you can visit.
https://www.maritiemmuseum.nl

Utrecht

Catherijne Convent:
Wander the halls of a medieval monastery and be enchanted by the most beautiful collection of medieval art in the Netherlands.
https://www.catharijneconvent.nl/visitor-information/

Centraal museum:
has a wide-ranging collection of old and modern art. Highlights are a significant collection of paintings made by the Utrecht Caravaggisti. The Rietveld-Schröder house and the Miffy museum form part of the Centraal museum.
https://www.centraalmuseum.nl