Neighbourhood guide

Museumkwartier

Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk on one square

The Museumkwartier surrounds Museumplein, where the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum stand within a few minutes of each other, with the Concertgebouw just beside them.

The Rijksmuseum shows more than 8,000 works of Dutch art and history and is open daily 09:00 to 17:00. Adults pay €25. The Van Gogh Museum is devoted to Vincent van Gogh, and the Stedelijk Museum covers modern and contemporary art and design, open daily 10:00 to 18:00.

The Concertgebouw has world-famous acoustics and about 700 concerts a year. P.C. Hooftstraat is the shopping street near the square, and The Seafood Bar on Van Baerlestraat serves fish.

Getting there

Trams from Centraal Station stop at Museumplein.

8 places

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Nearby neighbourhoods

Vondelpark and Oud-Zuid The city's biggest park 3 places · under 1 km away

De Pijp The Albert Cuyp Market and the old brewery 7 places · under 1 km away

Canal Ring Anne Frank House, the nine streets and the canal houses 41 places · 1.1 km away

Nieuwe Zijde Dam Square, Spui and the pedestrian shopping streets 21 places · 1.7 km away

The best of Museumkwartier

Best art museum Rijksmuseum Open every day 09:00 to 17:00.

Best one-painter museum Van Gogh Museum Sunflowers, Almond Blossom and The Bedroom.

Best concert hall Concertgebouw About 700 concerts a year.

Things to do in Museumkwartier

The red brick Rijksmuseum building with its arched gateway in Amsterdam on a clear day

Museum · €€ Rijksmuseum The national museum of the Netherlands, on Museumplein. It shows more than 8,000 works of Dutch art and history, including pieces by Vermeer, Rembrandt and Van Gogh.

Museum Van Gogh Museum A museum on Museumplein about the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, with paintings such as Sunflowers, Almond Blossom and The Bedroom.

The glass and white curved facade of the Stedelijk Museum extension in Amsterdam

Museum · €€ Stedelijk Museum The city's museum of modern and contemporary art and design, on Museumplein, open 365 days a year.

Landmark Concertgebouw A concert hall on Concertgebouwplein with world-famous acoustics and about 700 concerts a year.

P.C. Hooftstraat in Amsterdam lined with brick houses and shopfronts

Shopping · Free P.C. Hooftstraat A shopping street near the Museumplein.

Food · €€ Restaurant The Seafood Bar A seafood restaurant on Van Baerlestraat.

Food The Old Soul A vegan restaurant on Hobbemakade built around Surinamese flavours.

Pub Café Welling Neighbourhood café with roots in 1901, serving beer, wine and house-made jenever. There's no background music and live jazz plays once a month.

What's on in Museumkwartier

Local events in the next 30 days, read from the ward, park and organiser pages each one links to.

Artist Talk: Adam Pendleton Talks and readings
Wed 18 Nov · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
A talk at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, listed on the Amsterdam Art calendar.
Map · Source: Amsterdam Art
Names In Our Veins | FX Harsono and Vincent Ruijters Exhibition
18 Nov 2026 to 3 Jan 2027 · Buro Stedelijk
An exhibition at Buro Stedelijk, listed on the Amsterdam Art calendar.
Map · Source: Amsterdam Art
Post/No/Bills #7 Anatomy of Obstruction | Kexin Hao Exhibition
18 Nov 2026 to 30 Apr 2027 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
An exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, listed on the Amsterdam Art calendar.
Map · Source: Amsterdam Art
Some Wild Kind of Language | Adam Pendleton Exhibition
18 Nov 2026 to 17 Jan 2027 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
An exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, listed on the Amsterdam Art calendar.
Map · Source: Amsterdam Art
YAYOI KUSAMA Exhibition
18 Nov 2026 to 17 Jan 2027 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
An exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, listed on the Amsterdam Art calendar.
Map · Source: Amsterdam Art
Corporate Collection Tour: A&O Shearman Exhibition
Fri 20 Nov · A&O Shearman
An exhibition at A&O Shearman, listed on the Amsterdam Art calendar.
Map · Source: Amsterdam Art
Lezing: De wereld van Goya, Een tijdloze spiegel van de ziel Exhibition
Thu 26 Nov · Museum JAN
An exhibition at Museum JAN, listed on the Museum JAN calendar.
from 20:00 · Map · Source: Museum JAN · Lezing: De wereld van Goya - Een tijdloze spiegel van de ziel
Gratis instaprondleiding Richard Price, Vloeibaar meesterschap Exhibition
Sat 28 Nov · Museum JAN
An exhibition at Museum JAN, listed on the Museum JAN calendar.
from 15:00 · Map · Source: Museum JAN · Gratis instaprondleiding Richard Price - Vloeibaar meesterschap

Show 1 event nearby, outside Museumkwartier

Museum Market on the Museumplein Market
Selected Sundays, 10:00 to 18:00 (15 Nov to 18 Apr). Next: Sun 15 Nov · Museumplein, Museumkwartier
Makers and design market on the Museumplein, run by Sunday Market. Its agenda lists the dates and prints 10:00 to 18:00 and free entry.
Free entry · 10:00 to 18:00 · Map · Source: Sunday Market · Museum Market

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Live music in Museumkwartier

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