Best places: History museums in Amsterdam

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Nationaal Militair Museum
History museum
Dutch aviation & military history museum on an ex-airfield, with a kids' zone, cafe & meeting space.
4.70 (9.6K reviews) (~37.44 km from centre)
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Our Lord in the Attic Museum (Former Hidden Catholic Church)
Museum
Audio tours of enigmatic, 17th-century house with an ornate catholic church hidden on the top floor.
4.70 (3.2K reviews) (~0.53 km from centre)
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Rijksmuseum
Art museum
19th-century building housing Dutch Golden Age painting masterpieces & vast European art collection.
4.60 (90.5K reviews) (~1.54 km from centre)
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Castle De Haar
Castle
19th-century, medieval-style palace with landscaped gardens that host regular fairs & events.
4.60 (17.5K reviews) (~28.7 km from centre)
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Wooden Shoe Workshop of Zaanse Schans
Tourist attraction
Traditional, family-run clog-making workshop with demonstrations, a museum & shop.
4.60 (6.8K reviews) (~12.15 km from centre)
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Nationaal Monument Oranjehotel
History museum
👍👍 The Oranjehotel was the name the Dutch attributed to the Scheveningen prison during the Second World War. Here the Germans detained over 25,000 people for interrogation and prosecution. Those who violated regulations imposed by the Germans covered a broad spectrum and came from all corners of the Ne...
4.70 (703 reviews) (~49.71 km from centre)
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Bonami Computer Museum
Technology museum
👍👍 Fantastic and unforgettable experience! A must have visit for any computer enthusiast. Price/quality ratio unbeatable. Extremely wide collection of retro computers, starting from analogues, through first machines from IIWW till today. Busines and home computers, and also game consoles - many of th...
4.60 (1.2K reviews) (~84.94 km from centre)
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The Railway Museum
Rail museum
Interactive museum set in a restored 19th-century station, tracing the history of rail travel.
4.50 (13.6K reviews) (~35.63 km from centre)
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Maritime Museum
Museum
Interactive museum in former storehouse with virtual voyages & a replica 18th-century merchant ship.
4.50 (10.6K reviews) (~1.5 km from centre)
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National Museum of Antiquities
Archaeological museum
National archaeology museum with noted collections of Egyptian, Greek & Roman artifacts.
4.50 (5.4K reviews) (~36.54 km from centre)
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Heeswijk Castle
Castle
Restored 11th-century fortress & museum of 19th-century life, with guided tours & an event program.
4.50 (3.1K reviews) (~88.29 km from centre)
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Museum of the 20th Century
History museum
Unusual museum for all ages, with items focusing on the last century of the local area's history.
4.50 (2.5K reviews) (~31.42 km from centre)
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Castle Amerongen
Museum
Elegant 1600s manor house featuring landscaped gardens & a moat, plus a restaurant & concerts.
4.50 (1.7K reviews) (~57.03 km from centre)
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Huis Doorn
Museum
Preserved mansion with historic interiors dating from the time when Emperor Wilhelm II lived here.
4.50 (1.6K reviews) (~48.66 km from centre)
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Historyland
History museum
👍👍 Absolutely brilliant place to visit!!! For the old and the young Great displays inside and great outside attractions too I was punching in time whilst waiting on the ferry and searched on Google for local attractions Really worth a visit!! Food available and so much for kids to do I had a great time...
4.50 (1.4K reviews) (~76.78 km from centre)
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Brederode Castle
Castle
Ruins of a 13th-century brick castle built by William I van Brederode & surrounded by a moat.
4.50 (1.1K reviews) (~19.22 km from centre)
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Peace Palace
Library
Landmark Renaissance-style complex with judicial courts, gardens & a library, plus a visitor center.
4.50 (1K reviews) (~51.63 km from centre)
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House Van Gijn
Museum
👍 beautiful old historic house, no wait, not crowded, small coffeeshop in the place, clean bathrooms.
4.50 (1K reviews) (~63.83 km from centre)
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Katwijks Museum
History museum
👍👍 Geweldig museum. Een aanwinst voor de geschiedenis van Katwijk en omstreken. Een extra aanwinst zijn de QR-codes, geplaatst bij diverse onderwerpen. Zo krijg je extra informatie over de diverse onderwerpen. Ga zo door!
4.60 (422 reviews) (~38.57 km from centre)
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Yi Jun Peace Museum
History museum
👍 This place has historical importance for Korean. In the early 1900s, Korea did not have sovereignty because of Japan. Against this, three Korean men visited Den Haag to attend Hague Conventions (1907) and announce the circumstance of Korea at that moment. But sadly, it was not going well. One of the...
4.60 (416 reviews) (~51.44 km from centre)
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