The Rijksmuseum (English: National Museum) has been around for almost 200 years and is one of the most beautiful museums in the world. The museum went through various alterations over its history and is currently, especially after its total reconstruction, a destination you should not miss when visiting the Netherlands.

The Rijksmuseum was established in The Hague in 1800 and relocated to Amsterdam in 1808, first in the Royal Palace and then in the Trippenhuis. Pierre Cuypers designed the current main building, which originally opened its doors in 1885. Queen Beatrix inaugurated the main building on April 13, 2013, following a ten-year refurbishment costing €375 million. It was the most visited museum in the Netherlands in 2013 and 2014, with 2.2 million and 2.47 million visitors, respectively. It is also the country's largest art museum.

The museum contains 8,000 art and history artifacts on exhibit from their total collection of 1 million objects dating from 1200 to 2000, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer. In addition, the museum contains a modest Asian collection, which is shown in the Asian pavilion.

Location: Museumstraat 1, Amsterdam, North Holland 1071 XX

Website: rijksmuseum.nl

The Van Gogh Museum has the world's biggest collection of works by the world's most popular artist, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), including paintings, sketches, and letters, as well as art by his contemporaries. The Van Gogh Museum receives 1.6 million visitors each year, making it one of the world's top 25 most popular museums. The museum erected a new glass entry hall at the rear of its building in 2015.

The Van Gogh Museum has the world's biggest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh, which is organized chronologically. The Potato Eaters, the Bedroom in Arles, the Sunflowers, and the Wheatfields of Auvers-sur-Oise are among the most notable pieces on exhibit. There are also some self-portraits on display. The museum's collection of works offers an excellent idea of Vincent van Gogh's progress as a painter, from his early days when he painted outdoor views in Drenthe to the vibrant colors of Post-Impressionism in his last paintings, done when he was in a mental hospital in 1890. Aside from 200 paintings and 500 sketches, the museum also houses 700 letters sent by Vincent, mostly to his brother Theo. The museum's new east wing, which opened in 1999, features exhibitions on artists whose lives or works are connected to Van Gogh's.

Location: Museumplein 6, 1071 DJ Amsterdam The Netherlands

Website: vangoghmuseum.nl

The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is the most prominent museum in the Netherlands for modern and contemporary art and design. The old structure was recently refurbished and expanded with a stunning new wing. With 90,000 artifacts dating from 1870 to now, the Stedelijk Museum displays one of the world's most talked-about collections of modern and contemporary art and design.

Adriaan Willem Weissman designed the 19th-century structure, while Benthem Crouwel Architects created the 21st-century wing with the current entrance. It is situated in the municipality of Amsterdam South, adjacent to the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The collection includes modern and contemporary art and design from the early twentieth century to the twenty-first century. Vincent van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Karel Appel, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Marlene Dumas, Lucio Fontana, and Gilbert & George are among the artists represented.

Location: Museumplein 10, 1071 DJ Amsterdam The Netherlands

Website: stedelijk.nl

The Anne Frank House (Dutch: Anne Frank Huis) is a writer's residence and biographical museum devoted to Jewish war diarist Anne Frank. The structure is located near the Westerkerk on the Prinsengracht canal in downtown Amsterdam, Netherlands.

During WWII, Anne Frank, her family, and four other individuals sought refuge from Nazi persecution in the Secret Annex, a series of concealed apartments at the back of a 17th-century canal house (Dutch: Achterhuis). Although Anne Frank did not survive the war, her wartime diary was released in 1947. The Anne Frank Foundation was founded in 1957 to defend the property from developers who wished to destroy the block.

The museum first opened its doors on May 3, 1960. It protects the hiding site, features a permanent display about Anne Frank's life and times, and an exhibition area concerning all types of persecution and intolerance. The museum drew 1.2 million visitors in 2013 and 2014, making it the third most visited museum in the Netherlands behind the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum.

Location: Prinsengracht 263 - 267 museum entrance Westermarkt 20, 1016 DK Amsterdam The Netherlands

Website: annefrank.org/en

Are you prepared for Amsterdam's most entertaining and interactive attraction? Then, right in the heart of town, explore the wonderful world of Madame Tussauds. Experience unexpected meetings with famous singers, royalty, film stars, artists, and more! Madame Tussauds' wax figure collection has lately been converted into a destination for both young and old. Be as stunning as Doutzen Kroes on the catwalk, sing on stage with Lady Gaga, or put your IQ to the test with Einstein.

The new IamArt exhibition at Madame Tussauds allows you to literally go into the works of Dutch Masters such as Piet Mondriaan, Vincent van Gogh, and Rembrandt van Rijn. In Herman Brood's workshop, get lost in one of Escher's paintings and create your own work of art. Meet notable painters such as Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, and accompany Mona Lisa in one of the most famous pictures ever painted.

Location: Dam Square 20, 1012 NP Amsterdam The Netherlands

Website: madametussauds.com/amsterdam/en

The Rembrandt Home Museum (Dutch: Museum Het Rembrandthuis) is a historical house and art museum located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Between 1639 and 1656, Rembrandt resided and worked at the home. The inside of the 17th century has been restored. The collection includes Rembrandt's etchings as well as paintings by his contemporaries. In 2014, the museum had 237,383 visitors.

The home is located in Amsterdam's Jodenbreestraat, not far from the city hall, where Rembrandt resided and painted for many years. Rembrandt bought the property in 1639 and resided there until his bankruptcy in 1656 when all of his goods were auctioned off. The auction list made it possible to reassemble all of his items, which are now on display at the house. Following that, none of his belongings were found in the residence.

Location: Jodenbreestraat 4, 1011 NK Amsterdam The Netherlands

Website: rembrandthuis.nl

The Joods Historisch Museum, located in Amsterdam's Jewish Cultural Quarter, is a museum dedicated to Jewish history, culture, and religion in the Netherlands and across the world. It is the Netherlands' sole museum dedicated to Jewish history.

The Joods Historisch Museum first opened its doors on February 24, 1932, in the Waag (Weighing House) on Nieuwmarkt square. The museum was forced to close after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and much of the collection was destroyed. In 1955, the museum reopened its doors. It relocated to a new location in 1987, taking over four old synagogues on Jonas Daniel Meijerplein plaza, across the street from the Snoge or Portuguese Synagogue. The museum got the Council of Europe Museum Prize in 1989, for a combination of the presentation of the collection and the outer aspect of the buildings.

Location: Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1, 1011 PL Amsterdam The Netherlands

Website: jck.nl

The Tropenmuseum (English: Museum of the Tropics) was established in 1864 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The museum, one of the largest in Amsterdam, houses eight permanent exhibitions and a continuing series of temporary exhibitions featuring modern and classic visual arts and photographic works. The Tropenmuseum is part of the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen, a collaboration of three ethnographic museums in the Netherlands.

The museum has 175,000 artifacts, 155,000 photos, and 10,000 sketches, paintings, and papers. It received 15,000 from the Ethnographic Museum Artis. These items are divided into many collections. The museum has collections from Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. They also have other collections in storage that are not within their purview. Collections for China, Japan, Korea, and Europe are among them.

Location: Linnaeusstraat 2, 1092 CK Amsterdam The Netherlands

Website: tropenmuseum.nl

The Amsterdam Museum, formerly known as the Amsterdams Historisch Museum until 2011, is a museum dedicated to the history of Amsterdam. It has been placed in the old city orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal since 1975. Amsterdam's history museum, housed in a former civic orphanage, tells the city's life throughout the millennium through multimedia exhibitions, religious artifacts, porcelains, and paintings. Displays also show an increase in bicycle use. Its Civic Guard Gallery, which features group pictures of people ranging from medieval guards to Anne Frank and Alfred Heineken, is free.

The museum displays numerous things relating to Amsterdam's history, from the Middle Ages to the present. Many of the orphanage's original furniture are on exhibit, as are antiques from the Rasp house, Amsterdam's old home of discipline where criminals were forced to rasp wood to generate sawdust. As of 2011, the museum was responsible for 70,000 pieces housed in several buildings and storage spaces. Approximately 25,000 of these have been photographed and are available to the public online.

Location: Kalverstraat 92, Amsterdam, North Holland 1012 PJ

Website: amsterdammuseum.nl

The NEMO Scientific Museum is a science center located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is located in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough of Oosterdokseiland, between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg. The museum was founded in 1923 and has been located in a Renzo Piano-designed building since 1997. It is the largest scientific center in the Netherlands, with five levels of interactive science exhibits. It receives over 670,000 visitors each year, making it the sixth most visited museum in the Netherlands.

Inside the lobby, there is a small canteen and a souvenir store that offers miniature replicas of several of Nemo's attractions, such as the gigantic domino set and the DNA tests. The first floor's principal themes are DNA and chain reactions, which feature a chamber with huge dominoes and contraptions such as a giant bell and a flying automobile. A half-hour performance on the first level also incorporates a big chain reaction circuit.

Through the second level, a ball factory sends little plastic balls on a circuit where participants categorize them by weight, size, and color before sending them to a packaging plant where the balls are placed in a small metal box. The third level houses a massive science lab where visitors may do scientific experiments such as measuring vitamin C in various substances and inspecting DNA. A brief portion on money and business is also included.

On the fourth level, there is a part dedicated to the human mind, which includes trials such as memory tests, mental issues, and sense testers. The fourth floor is fairly gloomy, which contributes to the eerie atmosphere. The fifth level, or upper deck, features a café, a children's play area, and a fantastic view of the city.

Location: Oosterdok 2, Amsterdam, North Holland 1011 VX

Website: nemosciencemuseum.nl