Amsterdam Museums

Amsterdam Museums reflect the elegant, historic and enticing range of masterpieces. From rare paintings and other forms of both contemporary and conventional art to press, photography and architecture, the museums of Amsterdam house a number of artifacts that captivate the visitors within no time. Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum are some of the most visited museums of Amsterdam.

Van Gogh Museum, opened in the year 1973, boasts of the rarest collection of the world famous Dutch artist Van Gogh. There are around 500 drawings and 200 paintings of the artist which are kept on exhibition in this museum. The museum is located at Museumplein in Amsterdam and is near the Central Station. People can visit the museum from 10.am to 6 pm and the entry charge is £ 9. The address and contact number of the museum is:

Van Gogh Museum
P.O. Box 75366
1070 AJ Amsterdam
Phone - +31 (0)20 570 5200
Fax - +31 (0)20 570 5222

Rijksmuseum is another well known tourist destination of Amsterdam, which is popular for decorative arts and European painting collection. Being the largest museum in Netherlands, it receives an annual footfall of one million. The rarest of rare creative pieces of work belonging to the Golden Age are displayed in this museum of Amsterdam. Due to a renovation project the museum is temporarily shifted to its Philips Wing where an exhibition called The Masterpieces is going on, where works of artists like Frans Hals, Jacob Van Ruysdael, Rambrandts, Johannes Vermeer and Jan Steel are exhibited. The museum is open from 9 am to 6 pm on all days of the week and the visitors have to pay £ 9 as entry fee. Contact detail of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam authorities is:

Rijksmuseum
PO Box 74888
1070 DN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)20 6747047
Fax - +31 (0)20 6747001

Stedelijk Museum is home to the finest collections of 19th and 20th century Dutch and French paintings. The masterpieces of Warhol, Kooning, Mondrian, Chagall, Kandansky and Gilbert & George are on display in this famous museum of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The creative manifestations of well known movements like Colorfield, Stijl, CoBrA, Nouveau Realisme and Pop Art are also there in the Stedelijk Museum. Visitors can go this museum on any day of the week from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. The address of the museum is as follows:

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Postbus 75082
1070 AB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel - +31 (0)20 573 2911
Fax - +31 (0)20 675 2716

Amsterdam is well connected by various airways. British Airways is one of the regular service providers which offer Flights to Amsterdam. Visitors coming to explore the Amsterdam museums can book flights of British Airways through Internet to avail best offers.