Van Gogh Museum
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Museum at the Museumplein in 2008
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 Location within the city center of Amsterdam
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| Established | 2 June 1973 |
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| Location | Paulus Potterstraat 7 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°21′30″N 4°52′52″E / 52.358417°N 4.881083°E |
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Art museum National museum |
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| Director | Axel Rüger |
| Public transit access | Van Baerlestraat/Museumplein Tram line: 2, 3, 5, 12, 16, 24 |
| Website | www |
The Van Gogh Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑŋ ˌɣɔx myˈzeːjɵm]) is an art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw.
The museum opened on 2 June 1973. It is located in buildings designed by Gerrit Rietveld and Kisho Kurokawa. The museum's collection is the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world.
In 2015, the museum had 1.9 million visitors, and was the 2nd most visited museum in the Netherlands and the 31st most visited art museum in the world.
Upon Vincent van Gogh's death in 1890, his work not sold fell into the possession of his brother Theo. Theo died six months after Vincent, leaving the work in the possession of his widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. Selling many of Vincent's paintings with the ambition of spreading knowledge of his artwork, Johanna maintained a private collection of his works.
The collection was inherited by her son Vincent Willem van Gogh in 1925, eventually loaned to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam where it was displayed for many years, and was transferred to the state-initiated Vincent van Gogh Foundation in 1962.
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