Anne Frank House

The Anne Frank House (Dutch: Anne Frank Huis) is a writer's home and biographical museum devoted to Jewish diarist Anne Frank during World War II. 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 hid from Nazi persecution in concealed apartments at the back of the 17th-century canal house, afterwards known as the Secret Annex. She died during the war, but her journal was published in 1947. The Anne Frank Foundation was founded ten years later to defend the property from developers who intended 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.

The Anne Frank Foundation was founded on 3 May 1957 in collaboration with Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, with the primary goal of raising enough finances to acquire and repair the building. The building was presented to the Foundation as a goodwill gesture by the corporation that owned it in October of that year. The monies raised were subsequently utilized to purchase the home next door, Number 265, shortly before the remaining structures on the block were demolished as planned. In 1960, the structure was opened to the public as a museum. The museum is open from 9 am to 5 pm (from 8 pm from April to October) and is closed on December 25th. Admission is €9 for adults, €4.50 for children aged 10-17, and free for children under 10.

Location: Westermarkt 20, 1016 GV Amsterdam, Netherlands

Website: https://www.annefrank.org/en