Experts' Choice Award Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
What the experts agree on
This iconic 17th-century arsenal built on water houses one of the world's most extensive maritime collections, showcasing five centuries of Amsterdam's seafaring heritage in an architecturally stunning Dutch Classicist building.
“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.”
– The Telegraph
Fodor's "This impossible-to-overlook example of Dutch Classicism became the new home of the Maritime Museum in the 1970s." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"An immense 17th-century admiralty building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of maritime memorabilia." Full review
Time Out "If it’s nautical art that floats your boat, then the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum is a must." Full review
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." Full review
Frommer's "Housed in a mammoth, Venetian-style 17th-century arsenal, Amsterdam’s Maritime Museum is a gem of a museum whose displays showcase the importance of Amsterdam’s maritime history" Full review
