Mapping Netherlands: Cultural Heritage - Presentation
Nederlands Fotomuseum
Nederlands Fotomuseum
Rotterdam
The Dutch Fotomuseum is dedicated to the display of photos by renowned photographers, young talents and amateurs. Of major importance is the historical display of the Dutch photography. The museum organizes exhibitions, special tours, workshops and lectures on Dutch photography.
Van Gogh Museum
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam
The Van Gogh Museum preserves and exhibits the work of Vincent Van Gogh and western visual art from the period of 1840 to 1920. The museum supports scientific research on Van Gogh and related painters. The results of these research programs are used for exhibitions, educative programs and various publications.
Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
As a national institute, the Rijksmuseum offers a representative overview of Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages onwards, and of major aspects of European and Asian art. The Rijksmuseum keeps, manages, conserves, restores, researches, prepares, collects, publishes, and presents artistic and historical objects, both on its own premises and elsewhere.
Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
Nationaal Museum voor Wereldculturen
Amsterdam, Berg en Dal, Leiden
Since 1 April 1 2014, National Museum of Ethnology, Africa Museum in Berg en Dal and Tropical Museum in Amsterdam have merged into the Nationaal Museum voor Wereldculturen (National Museum of World Cultures). The museum will be run by a single administrative body but will retain all three distinct locations and approaches.
Nationaal Museum voor Wereldculturen / Museum Volkenkunde
Museum Volkenkunde
Leiden
Museum Volkenkunde is a national museum of Ethnology and one of the oldest ethnological museums in the world. It houses a large number of objects and audiovisual sources from all over the world. The museum is one of the largest international scientific research facilities in the world in the field of ethnology.
Nationaal Museum voor Wereldculturen / Afrika Museum
Afrika Museum
Berg en Dal
The Afrika Museum is an ethnological museum with a specific focus on African art and culture from south of the Sahara. The museum is a combination of an indoor and outdoor area, displaying a large collection of African art and artefacts and replicas of villages from various regions of the continent.
Nationaal Museum voor Wereldculturen / Tropenmuseum
Tropenmuseum
Amsterdam
The Tropenmuseum is one of Europe’s leading ethnographic museums, renowned for its collection. The permanent and temporary exhibitions display (art) objects, photographs, music and film from non-western cultures.
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Dutch National Museum of Antiquities
Leiden
The National Museum of Antiquities is the Dutch national museum for the preservation and exhibition of archaeology and antiquities. The museum has a collection of Egyptian, Roman, Greek and Near East antiquities. The museum also has various collections related to The Netherlands and Dutch history.
Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Enschede
Rijksmuseum Twenthe preserves and exhibits visual arts and applied arts form the middle ages to the present day. The collection has a international character, by showing both important works related to Dutch history and works from artists abroad.
Anne Frank Huis
Anne Frank House
Amsterdam
The Anne Frank House is an independent organisation entrusted with the care of the Secret Annexe, the place where Anne Frank went into hiding during World War II and where she wrote her diary. In addition to the preservation, care and display of the collection and the opening of the museum to the public, the Anne Frank House has two other main tasks: public information and education.
Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis
The Hague
The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis preserves and exhibits paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. The museum has a collection of famous paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hobbema and Steen, among others.
Kröller-Müller Museum
Kröller-Müller Museum
Otterlo
The Kröller-Müller Museum has a world-renowned collection of mainly 19th and 20th century visual art, including a large collection of work by Vincent van Gogh and the sculpture garden.The museum is located at the National park De Hoge Veluwe.
Collectie Six Amsterdam
Six Collection Amsterdam
Amsterdam
The Six Foundation is responsible for the preservation and exhibition of the private collection of the Six family. It's accessible for visitors by appointment only. The collection is made out of important Dutch art works from the seventeenth century onward.
Joods Historisch Museum
Jewish Historical Museum
Amsterdam
The Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam collects and exhibits art, artefacts, documents and other items which display the Jewish life and heritage in general and in The Netherlands.
Huis Doorn
Huis Doorn
Doorn
Huis Doorn is an estate and cultural heritage site in the Utrecht province. From 1920 to 1941, the site was the residency of Wilhem II, the last emperor of Germany.
Keramiekmuseum Princessehof
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics
Leeuwarden
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics houses a collection of fine ceramics from Asia and Europe. The museum organizes various exhibitions and educative programs.
Rijksmuseum Muiderslot
Rijksmuseum Muiderslot
Muiden
The National Museum Muiderslot Foundation house keeps the medieval Muiderslot castle. The castle is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam and included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Museum Boerhaave
Museum Boerhaave
Leiden
The Museum Boerhaave is the Dutch National Museum for the History of Science and Medicine. The museum displays artefacts, texts, representations among others. The collection of the museum is one of the most important ones in the world within the field.
Museum Catherijneconvent
Museum Catherijneconvent
Utrecht
The Museum Catherijneconvent is a national museum for the collection and exhibition of art and cultural artifacts of important value for the Dutch Christian heritage.
Museum Gevangenpoort
The Prison Gate Museum
The Hague
The Gevangenpoort displays and collects artefacts for crime and punishment in The Netherlands from the middle ages to the nineteenth century.
Museum Meermanno
Museum Meermanno
The Hague
The Museum Meermanno is the oldest museum for books and literature in the world. The museum preserves a collection of books from all periods of the Western history, among others various medieval handwritings.
Nationaal Glasmuseum
National Glass Museum
Leerdam
The Glass Museum collects and exhibits artefacts related to the glass industry in Netherlands from the nineteenth century onwards. Glassblowing demonstrations take place in the Glass Studio.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Leiden
The Naturalis Biodiversity Center collects, researches and exhibits artefacts of nature historical importance. The centre is the result of a cooperation between the University of Amsterdam, the University of Leiden, the Wageningen University and the National Nature Historical Museum Naturalis in Leiden.
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum
Netherlands Open Air Museum
Arnhem
The Netherlands Open Air Museum preserves and displays tangible and intangible collections of the heritage of daily life in The Netherlands during the past few centuries.
Paleis Het Loo
Paleis Het Loo
Apeldoorn
The Het Loo Palace museum manages and displays the palace, art, artefacts and the garden of the Oranje-Nassau family, the Royal family of The Netherlands. The Het Loo palace was the former residency of the Oranje-Nassau family.
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Amsterdam
The Scheepvaartmuseum, the National Maritime Museum, displays the history of the Dutch maritime history and culture. The museum is located in the former maritime warehouse in Amsterdam and has a collection which is of national and international importance, including a replica of a VOC ship from the eighteenth century.
Slot Loevestein
Loevestein Castle
Zaltbommel
Loevestein Castle has a rich history spanning approximately 650 years which can be divided into three periods: the Middle Ages, the State Prison and the Dutch Waterline. The Castle has become famous both nationally and internationally thanks to the imprisonment and escape of the internationally famous scholar and lawyer Hugo Grotius.
Teylers Museum
Teylers Museum
Haarlem
The Teylers Museum is The Netherlands’ first and oldest museum, open to public since 1784 and manages and displays historical art and scientific artefacts from the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The museum cooperates with various international museums to create coproductions and traveling exhibitions.
Zuiderzeemuseum
Zuiderzee Museum
Enkhuizen
The Zuiderzee Museum provides an image of how people used to live and work around the Zuiderzee between 1880 and 1930, the period which preceded the completion of the IJsselmeer Dam in 1932.