Willet-Holthuysen Museum
8 expert reviews
“Built in the 1680s, this mansion was purchased in the 1850s by the Willet-Holthuysen family.”
– Time Out
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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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.
The Telegraph
"The grandest and most glittering of Amsterdam’s canal-house museums was occupied by a succession of local notables, the last, Sandrina Holthuysen, dying alone, surrounded by cats in 1895."
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