Het Scheepvaartmuseum
A maritime museum housed in a 17th-century naval warehouse, where you can board a full-scale replica of the East India Company merchant ship Amsterdam.
The museum occupies a Dutch naval warehouse built in 1656. The glass roof grid of its central atrium takes the form of a nautical chart compass pattern. Exhibits include maps, globes, ship models and paintings of the Golden Age seafaring era. The most popular attraction is the 1:1 replica of the Dutch East India Company merchant ship Amsterdam, moored at the entrance. Visitors can board it to see the cabins and gun deck. Admission costs about €20. It is about a 15-minute walk from Centraal Station and sits next to NEMO.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- NEMO Science Museum
- Artis Zoo
- Wereldmuseum Amsterdam (Tropenmuseum)
- Rembrandt House Museum
- Magere Brug
- Our Lord in the Attic
- Amsterdam Centraal
- De Wallen (Red Light District)