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Museumplein Museums

Museumplein Museums

Amsterdam · Netherlands

4 stops580 m7 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Begin in Museumplein park, where the open space brings Amsterdam’s museum quarter together and gives you a clear starting point. Continue to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam for modern and contemporary art, the Van Gogh Museum for an intimate look at Van Gogh’s work, and the Rijksmuseum for a broad view of Dutch art and history. This easy walk lets you experience three distinct museums in sequence, with the park providing a welcoming pause between them.

The walk

  1. Museum Square

    Museum Square

    A park with a surprisingly complicated paper trail: parking garage, proposed station, and several namesakes.

  2. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

    Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

    A nineteenth-century civic museum that became a daring home for modern art, design, and photography.

  3. Van Gogh Museum

    Van Gogh Museum

    A family collection became the world’s largest gathering of Van Gogh paintings, after a remarkable rescue.

  4. Rijksmuseum

    Rijksmuseum

    A national collection that moved, survived wartime compromise, and spent ten years being rebuilt.

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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