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Het Scheepvaartmuseum

The Dutch maritime museum in an old naval storehouse, with a full-size replica of an East India ship to board.

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Open
Every day
Price
Paid
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Kattenburgerplein 1, 1018 KK AmsterdamDirections
Getting There
A 15-minute walk from Centraal station, or bus 22.

Why Go

The 1656 naval warehouse holds maps, globes, paintings and ship models from the age when the Dutch sailed the world. Moored outside is a replica of the Amsterdam, an East India Company ship of 1748.

Children love clambering below its decks.

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