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Van Gogh Museum vs Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum

Van Gogh Museum and Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum are both praised by experts. On balance, Van Gogh Museum scores significantly higher than Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum. Van Gogh Museum comes in at 98 with approval from 13 sources like Lonely Planet, Let's Go and Michelin Guide.

Van Gogh Museum
Van Gogh Museum
9 / 10
Paulus Potterstraat 7, 1071 DJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fodor's Fodor's
"This remarkable light-infused building ... venerates the short, certainly not sweet, but highly productive career of everyone's favorite tortured 19th-century artist." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"The world's premier venue for works by tragically talented Van Gogh."
Frommer's Frommer's
"More than 200 paintings by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), along with nearly every sketch, print, etching, and piece of correspondence the artist ever produced." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The Van Gogh Museum is one of Amsterdam’s must-sees." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Rent a bicycle and head to Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, home to the largest collection of work by the influential Dutch Impressionist." Full review
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Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
8 / 10
Kattenburgerplein 1, 1018 KK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fodor's Fodor's
"This impossible-to-overlook example of Dutch Classicism became the new home of the Maritime Museum in the 1970s." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"An immense 17th-century admiralty building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of maritime memorabilia." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"If it’s nautical art that floats your boat, then the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum is a must." Full review
Michelin Guide 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
The Telegraph 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." Full review
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