Location: Canal Ring (Grachtengordel)
Top Things to do in Canal Ring (Grachtengordel)
What to do and see in Canal Ring (Grachtengordel), North Holland Province: The Best Art Museums
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1. Willet-Holthuysen Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 769 reviews
Visitors can tour this 17th-century canal-side house in Amsterdam, which is filled with furnished period rooms and works of art that were donated by the owner Louisa Willet-Holthuysen to the city in 1895.
Reviewed By alicebenjipietro
This house is beautiful and I was in the mood for a small museum instead of one of the larger and more overwhelming ones. It consists of three floors with an audio guide and takes about an hour, and there is a lovely garden in the back. The paintings (especially of dogs) and art collection is quite impressive for the couples house. I was really amazed on how beautiful and intricate the details were - I would highly recommend giving this house a visit. Each room is so specifically designed and carefully thought through. The staff are also quite friendly. Another plus - there is a bathroom located on each floor. This is a place I would consider holding a private event. Loved it.
2. Museum of the Canals
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4.5 based on 692 reviews
Grachtenmuseum Amsterdam (The Museum of the Canals) is the starting point for visitors to Amsterdam! It is located in one of the most beautiful canalside houses. Grachtenmuseum Amsterdam introduces visitors to one of the best city development projects in the world: the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam. During your visit to the multimedia, interactive exhibition, you will travel in 40 minutes through 400 years of history.
Reviewed By luckytrotter
This is a cosy museum with a wonderful and friendly staff. The multimedia presentation is lively, fun, interesting and informative. It’s a lovely experience if you’re interested in history and city planning. We loved it!
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4. Foam - Photography Museum Amsterdam
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4.0 based on 820 reviews
Foam enables people all over the world to experience and enjoy photography, whether it's at our museum in Amsterdam, on the website, via Foam Magazine or in our Editions Gallery.Completed in 1716, the building where Foam is situated - Keizersgracht 609 - first operated as a warehouse. In 2002 it became Foam and has since been a hotspot for photography lovers.Foam nurtures and shows upcoming artists in combination with exhibitions of well known photographers and historical work. It has a gallery, library, bookshop and cafe.
Reviewed By X10Amsterdam - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I love to visit FOAM on a regularly basis. The change exhibitions every few months and they show varied photographers. This month is Tyler Mitchell's Idyllic Spaces the bomb. Lay back on a large beanbag and enjoy the youth eating icecream, cycling etc. Scheltens&Abbenes is wonderful, with stuff from Paco Rabane's private collection! And Eva O'Leary looks sweat. The images Santa Mofukeng created are very impressive, esp. the photo's on election day
5. Cow Museum
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4.0 based on 50 reviews
IMPORTANT, for 12 years we succeed to draw smile on more than million face who did pass by or stop by almost (95%) of our pieces are hand made-painted, we have 800 pieces third of them are Cow Parade (the world largest public art event,huge painted cows auctioned for charity),proud to be the only place in the world who have the entire collection, the other two third are 20-30 years old pieces and collected from all over the world (not for sale) we are the only place with all this, if you know another place who deserve our name we are glad to give it we have some exclusive limited edition pieces that's why we reached 12 (PLEASE DON'T TOUCH)signs, sadly people still do it daily and broke a few amazing beautiful pieces, we don't show information about cows life '(anatomy,history) the net full of them and some people may find them boring, our returning policy is GREAT (180DAYS) we love that you visit us (no entry fee),all what we ask you to respect our rules (no touch or photos) Thanks
Reviewed By RyanGats
My wife and I visited the cow Museum after seeing it on here, it is my 30th and we decided to look for the more interesting and unusual places to visit and it was fantastic! So much character and intrigue in a wonderful little shop. The owner, Sam, is a lovely man who is very passionate about his collection. We ended up spending a great amount time discussing all the different unusual peices in his collection. If you are looking for something different to do, I would recommend checking out the Cow Museum and talking to Sam about the collection. We ended purchasing a pair of lovely cows of our own!
6. Cromhout House
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3.5 based on 114 reviews
In one of the most beautiful canal houses of Amsterdam, the Cromhout House, you will meet a number of notable collectors. Over the years they have donated their diverse collections to the city of Amsterdam. The Cromhouthuis is the house of collectors. Wandering through the different rooms, an audio tour tells you the story of influential collectors such as Dreesmann, Backer and Lopez Suasso. Their stories, passion for collecting and peculiarities are told to the visitor in a spectacular setting. The Cromhout family, who lived here for almost two centuries, formed the core of what we now consider World Heritage: the canal belt! They were also prominent art collectors. The Cromhouthuis thus is the place par excellence to bring the unique visual whole of collections of art objects, furniture, silver and paintings to life.
7. UNFOLD/pressonly
For over 16 years, Amsterdam based artist Ellen Davidzon paints reality the way she likes to see it. Thanks to her figurative impressionistic and abstract symbolistic style, she's able to bring her feelings onto the white canvas. With themes like Amsterdam, the beach and more recent boundaries, there are paintings that make you happy, reflect or just enjoy the special colourisation.
8. JOMA - Jewish secOnd generation art & family Museum Amsterdam
The Jewish secOnd generation art & family Museum Amsterdam is an artwork in progress, beautifully located in the heart of the monumental 17th century canal belt in the center of Amsterdam. - visual art of Maarten van der Heijden et al. - family stories of the Holocaust - learning & education center - blue glass collection - sculpture garden - museumcafé - meet the artist
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