Amsterdam Museum
Courtyard of the museum
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 Location within the city center of Amsterdam
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| Established | 1926 |
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Kalverstraat 92 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°22′13″N 4°53′27″E / 52.3702°N 4.8907°ECoordinates: 52°22′13″N 4°53′27″E / 52.3702°N 4.8907°E |
| Type | Heritage centre, Official Museums of Amsterdam, ICOM |
| Visitors | 199.322 (2010) |
| Director | Judikje Kiers |
| Website | www.amsterdammuseum.nl |
The Amsterdam Museum, until 2011 called the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, is a museum about the history of Amsterdam. Since 1975, it is located in the old city orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal.
The museum opened in 1926 in the Waag, one of Amsterdam's 15th-century city gates. It has been located since 1975 in a building that was originally constructed in 1580 as Amsterdam's municipal orphanage. The building was extended by Hendrick and his son Pieter de Keyser, then rebuilt by Jacob van Campen rebuilt it in 1634. The orphanage operated in this building until 1960.`
The museum has on display paintings, models, archeological findings, photographs, but also less likely items such as a playable carillon, a Witkar (environment-friendly vehicle from the 1960s) and a replica of Café 't Mandje (a famous pub in the Red-light district where prostitutes, pimps, seamen and lesbian women came together).
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