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Willet-Holthuysen Museum vs Museum Het Rembrandthuis
Willet-Holthuysen Museum and Rembrandt House are both recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Rembrandt House scores significantly better than Willet-Holthuysen Museum. Rembrandt House has a TripExpert Score of 94 with recommendations from 9 sources such as Lonely Planet, Let's Go and Fodor's.
Willet-Holthuysen Museum
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605 Herengracht, 1017 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fodor's
"Here's a rare chance to experience what it was like to live in a gracious mansion on the Herengracht in the 18th century."
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Time Out
"Built in the 1680s, this mansion was purchased in the 1850s by the Willet-Holthuysen family."
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Let's Go
"The museum’s goal is to demonstrate what wealthy Dutch life was like in the 19th century as seen through the eyes of Abraham Willet and Louisa Willet-Holthuysen."
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Travel + Leisure
"Originally built for the city's mayor around 1685, this grand canal house is still partly furnished in the style of the time, while other rooms date back to the 18th century."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"The furniture and artefacts inside give an impression of the life led by merchants in the Dutch "Golden Age"."
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Worth noting in the kitchen are tiles decorated with images of caged birds.
Museum Het Rembrandthuis
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Jodenbreestraat 4, 1011 NK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fodor's
"This is the house that Rembrandt bought, flush with success, for 13,000 guilders (a princely sum) in 1639, and where he lived and worked until 1656 when declared bankrupt."
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Frommer's
"In this house (ca. 1606), you get a more intimate sense of Rembrandt -- it's a shrine to one of the greatest artists the world has ever known."
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Lonely Planet
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"You almost expect to find the master himself at the Museum het Rembrandthuis , where Rembrandt van Rijn ran the Netherlands’ largest painting studio."
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Ask for the free audio guide at the entrance.
Time Out
"When he was declared bankrupt, clerks inventoried the house room by room; it's these records that provided the renovators with clues as to what the house looked like in Rembrandt's time."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"No oil paintings on display—go to the Rijksmuseum if that's what you're after—but plenty of his groundbreaking etchings."
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