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The Amsterdams Historisch Museum is museum about the history of Amsterdam. Since 1975, it is located in the old Civil Orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. (...) Read more
No less than seven centuries of Amsterdam's history is displayed in the Amsterdams Historisch Museum: models, maps, paintings, archaeological findings and other objects trace the growth of Amsterdam from a medieval town to a modern metropolis. You can see medieval shoes and the rainbow-colored umbrella of the Gay Games 1998. The Civic Guard Gallery is the only public museum street in the world and shows a selection of group portraits of Read more
For a better understanding of everything you'll see while exploring the city on your own, a visit of 3 to 4 hours to this brilliantly executed museum is more than worthwhile. Its location, the restored 17th-century former Burger Weeshuis (City Orphanage), is already notable. Gallery by gallery, century by century, you'll learn how a small fishing village founded around 1200 became a major sea power and trading center. The focus is Read more