The Museum Amsterdam, until 2011 called Amsterdams Historisch Museum, is a museum about the history of Amsterdam. Since 1975, it has been located in the old orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal.
The museum opened in 1926 in the Waag, one of Amsterdam's 15th-century city gates. It has been located since 1975 in a building that was originally built in 1580 as the municipal orphanage of Amsterdam. The building was enlarged by Hendrick and his son Pieter de Keyser, then rebuilt by Jacob van Campen rebuilt in 1634. The orphanage operated in this building until 1960.
The museum exhibits various objects related to the history of Amsterdam, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Many of the original furnishings from the city's orphanage are on display, as well as artifacts relating to the Raspa house, the former correctional house in Amsterdam where prisoners were forced to shave wood to make sawdust. As of 2011, the museum manages 70,000 objects kept in various buildings and storage areas. Of these, around 25,000 have been photographed and are available to the public online.
The museum has paintings, models, archaeological finds, photographs on display, but also less probable objects such as a playable music box, a Witkar (ecological vehicle from the 1960s) and a replica of Café 't Mandje (a famous pub in the Light District redheads where prostitutes, pimps, sailors and lesbian women met).
Amsterdams Museum
Address: Kalverstraat 92, 1012 PH
Phone: +31 20 523 1822
Site:
https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/itLocation inserted by
Paola Bonometti