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Amsterdam Museum vs Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
Both Amsterdam Museum and Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum are rated very highly by professional travelers. Overall, Amsterdam Museum is the choice of most writers compared to Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum. Amsterdam Museum comes in at #6 in Amsterdam with accolades from 8 reviewers including Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
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Kalverstraat 92, 1012 PH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fodor's
"Any city that began in the 13th century as a boggy swamp to become the trading powerhouse of the world in the 17th century has a fascinating story to tell, and this museum does it superbly."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"You won't find any dusty relics here – the city's history museum covers the early years well, but just as interesting are the exhibits on the past century."
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Time Out
"A note to all those historical museums around the world that struggle to present their exhibits in an engaging fashion: head here to see how it's done."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"This modern museum uses paintings, objects, sculptures and documents to recapture the great events in Amsterdam's history."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"The Amsterdam Museum offers an urban history both informative and playful."
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Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
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Kattenburgerplein 1, 1018 KK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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"This impossible-to-overlook example of Dutch Classicism became the new home of the Maritime Museum in the 1970s."
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Lonely Planet
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"An immense 17th-century admiralty building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of maritime memorabilia."
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Time Out
"If it’s nautical art that floats your boat, then the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum is a must."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Formerly the Admiralty's principal warehouse, this vast building, erected on 18,000 piles, has housed the Amsterdam Maritime Museum since 1973."
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The Telegraph
"Five hundred years of maritime history is packed into the elegant Dutch classicist Admiralty Arsenal, built on the water in 1655 to stock and supply the vessels of the Golden Age."
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