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Interactive museum set across four 17th-18th century synagogues exploring four centuries of Jewish culture in the Netherlands. Jewish Museum junior offers a hands-on environment where children bake challah, write Hebrew letters, and play musical instruments. Also features paintings, ceremonial objects, films and 3D presentations; café serves kosher foods.
Step into the restored 17th-century home where Dutch master Rembrandt lived and worked from 1639-1658, surrounded by his nearly complete collection of 260 etchings. Explore authentically recreated rooms furnished with period objects and artifacts, plus original copper plates and drawings, with a multimedia guide narrated by the artist's dog for kids over 6 and scavenger hunt for 4+. Daily live etching demonstrations and hands-on drawing workshops bring the creative process to life.
Powerful museum documenting Dutch resistance and daily life during WWII through 130+ personal stories, authentic objects, and interactive displays. Features Verzetsmuseum Junior, a dedicated children's section with reconstructed homes and age-appropriate narratives of four children's wartime experiences. Includes free multilingual audio guides and video testimonies; exhibits presented in Dutch and English.
The world's first museum dedicated entirely to microorganisms. Interactive microscope stations and multimedia displays reveal living bacteria, viruses, fungi and algae; a body scan shows which microbes inhabit your skin. Exhibits use cutting-edge technology including 3D viewers and interactive screens.
Interactive natural history museum exploring how humans, animals, plants and microbes form one ecosystem. Journey through 170-year-old building with sensory exhibits, art installations and thought-provoking displays. Features unique elements like scent tunnels, comparisons with animal movements, and the Tanja hippopotamus exhibition.
Intimate theater showcasing classical European marionette opera with large handcrafted wooden puppets. Five puppeteers manipulate basswood puppets in silk and velvet costumes performing works by Mozart and Offenbach, with music central to the experience. Performances are in Dutch, but the visual spectacle and classical music transcend language barriers.
Amsterdam's largest independent bookstore with over 125,000 titles spanning five floors connected by escalators and lift. Extensive children's section on the second floor featuring English/Dutch picture books, a pirate ship play structure, and giant toy boxes that turn reading time into active play. On-site Vascobelo café serves coffee and cakes in a relaxed setting.
The Netherlands' largest science museum with five floors of hands-on interactive exhibits where children conduct chemistry experiments, build bridges, blow giant bubbles, and explore how everyday science works. The ship-shaped copper-green building designed by Renzo Piano sits above the IJ tunnel with a free-access rooftop terrace offering panoramic Amsterdam views. Daily demonstrations include a spectacular chain reaction Rube Goldberg machine on the second floor, plus workshops on light, sound, electricity, water, and the human mind.
Modern 10-story public library with a spacious, light-filled children's section featuring books in multiple languages and a makerspace. Spectacular panoramic views of Amsterdam from the top-floor terrace with café. Multiple cultural events and exhibitions throughout the year.
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