Vincent Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam


Vincent Van Gogh Museum is in Amsterdam. There we can see the large collection of exquisite paintings of our favorite artist.

The Van Gogh museum was inaugurated in 1973 and has two sides, first on the street was the work of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964) and the second finished in 1999 was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa.

Guide with earphones: Earphones can be rented to follow a description all around the Van Gogh Museum. Several languages are offered.

Reading room: In the second floor of the museum ther are tables with books and computers with free access for the visitors. There it will be able to extend his knowledge on Van Gogh and his life.

Store: It works in the ground floor of the museum and offers an important amount of books and reproductions of excellent quality. The collection is destined to the purchase of new works for the museum. Remember that it closes 15 minutes before the museum. Specialized library: He is an annex of the museum that is in Museumplein 4, previous accreditation will be able to accede to the information. One is open of Monday through Friday from 10,00 to 12,30 and of 13,30 to 17,00 hours. Closed day 1 of January.

Purchase of entrances in Internet: Acquiring the tickets in advance can save the time of delay in the ticket office, buy it at: https://tickets.vangoghmuseum.com/

For questions on your order, please contactonlinetickets@vangoghmuseum.nl
or +31 (0)20 5705933. Client services is open daily from 09.00 – 12.30 and 13.30 – 17.00 hr.

There are hundreds of oil paintings, watercolors… Exhibited next to personal objects, letters to his brother Theo, and also works of their friends painters and other artists of the time.

How to get there?: The museum is in the street Paulus Potterstraat 7, in Museumplein between the buildings of the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum, is acceded with street cars 2, 3, 5 and 12, lowering in the shutdown Go Baerlestraat. Also the street cars 16 and 24 with shutdown in Museumplein

Schedules: This Museum open his doors to the public every day from 10,00 am to 18,00 pm., Fridays remains open until 22,00 hours. It closes the 1st of January.

What’s On: http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/whats-on

Recommendations: The museum has free wardrobes where everybody can leave their jackets, coats, bags and others. It is prohibited to take photos or videos, to smoke or to touch the art works. Take regular rests, in the ground floor the museum has a cafeteria with a view to the park, makes the visit without haste, since there is a lot to see.

Collection: The collection occupies three floors of the museum and offers works of Van Gogh classified per year and place, Holland, Paris, Arlès, Saint Rémy and the Auvers-south-Oise. Also there are works of relatives, friends and contemporaries of Van Gogh that in ine way or another influenced in their life and work. In order to see the collection in Internet visit the official site, in Dutch and English http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en

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