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Top Sights and Destinations in Netherlands
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Allard Pierson Museum
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Town: Amsterdam
Address: Oude Turfmarkt 127
Phone: +31 20 52 52 556
e-mail: allard.pierson.museum@uva.nl
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Price: 25 - 5 EUR
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| The archaeological museum of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum, showcases ancient civilisations of Egypt, the Near East, the Greek World, the Roman Empire and Etruria. The museum’s art objects and vessels date from 4000 BC to AD 500 and provide a comprehensive glimpse of mythology and religion in Antiquity. The museum displays original antiquities, as well as objects outlining their significance in Western tradition.
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Amsterdam Centre for Architecture
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Town: Amsterdam
Address: Prins Hendrikkade 600
Phone: +31 20 620 48 78
e-mail: arcam@arcam.nl
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| ARCAM Amsterdam Centre for Architecture was set up in 1986 as a foundation. It aims to reach the largest possible public and to broaden architecture's appeal and developments in Amsterdam. The foundation also has a function as a coordinator and works together with a long list of institutes. ARCAM supports and co-ordinates existing programmes and also initiates new activities.
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Amsterdam Historical Museum
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Town: Amsterdam
Address: Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 357
Phone: +31 20 523 1822
e-mail: info@amsterdamescape.com
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Price: 45 - 6 EUR
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| The Amsterdam Historical Museum is located near Amsterdam’s busiest shopping street, Kalverstraat, in the core of the city. The museum showcases Amsterdam’s people in the city’s rich history, and is well known for its displays of Rembrandt paintings and centuries-old portraits depicting the men of the civic guard, which are displayed in a separate building – the Civic Guard Gallery.
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Amsterdam School of the Arts, Theatre Faculty, Theatre School Library
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Town: Amsterdam
Address: Jodenbreestraat 3
Phone: +31 20 527 7630
e-mail: library@the.ahk.nl
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| The Amsterdam School of the Arts (Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) is a government-funded Institute of Higher Professional Education. It was founded in 1987 after the merger of the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and the Reinwardt Academy. In 1988, also the Theatre School and the Hilversum Conservatory joined the Amsterdam School of teh Arts. In 1994, the merger with the Sweelinck Conservatory resulted in the establishment of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. The postgraduate DasArts Institute was set up the same year, followed by the BINGER Institute in 1995.
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Anne Frank Museum
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Town: Amsterdam
Address: Prinsengracht 267
Phone: +31 20 5567100
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Price: 35 - 0 EUR
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| The Anne Frank House offers a glimpse of what happened in the rooms of the Secret Annex. Although the rooms of the annex have been maintained and preserved, the original furniture was carted away after the family’s arrest. The salvaged documents, as well as objects belonging to the eight people who dwelt in hiding, are displayed in the Secret Annex.
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Bartolotti House
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Town: Amsterdam
Address: Herengracht, 170-172
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Website: http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/uk/huizen/h170.html
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| One of the most emblematic images of Amsterdam, the Barltolotti House sits perched right beside a picturesque canal in the heart of the city. Its cheerful appearance has earned it the popular local nickname of the House of Bright Colours.
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Beurs van Berlage
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Town: Amsterdam
Address: Damrak 277
Phone: +31 20 530 41 41
e-mail: info@beursvanberlage.nl
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| The Beurs van Berlage is a building in the centre of Amsterdam which was designed as a commodity exchange and influenced by Modernist architects. Architect Handdrik Petrus Berlage (1856-1934) constructed the building in the same period as Amsterdam’s Centraal Station and the State Museum, between 1898 and 1903.
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Bijbels Museum (The Biblical Museum Amsterdam)
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Town: Amsterdam
Address: Herengracht 366-368
Phone: +31 20 624 24 36
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| The Biblical Museum in Amsterdam houses a large collection of archaeological discoveries, Egyptian artefacts, a centuries-old model of the temple of Solomon and Herod, and religious items from the Judeo-Christian tradition. The site also holds a 19th-century model of the Tabernacle. The displays focus on a model of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as well, a sacred place for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The museum also showcases an abundance of clay tablets, papyrus fragments and archaeological remains telling the story of the bible’s beginnings and its influence on Dutch society.
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