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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

10 Museumplein, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Description

The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Municipal Museum of Amsterdam), is a museum for design, modern and contemporary arts. The collection includes over 90,000 items with focus on several artistic movements such as Pop Art, Neo-Impressionism, CoBrA, De Stijl, and Bauhaus. Originally housed in the Weissman building, it moved to a new venue designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects in 2012.

Access & Transport

The Rijksmuseum is located in the city's museum quarter at Museumplain 10. The closest tram stop is Van Baerlestraat (2, 5) which is next to the entrance and line #3 runs along Van Baerlestraat 100m away as well. Paid parking is available close to the museum such as the Q-Park Museumplein underground car at Van Baerlestraat 33b.

Instructions & Recommendations

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Meta review

As expected for a modern art museum, reviews are quite mixed; the experience being much less predictable than for more classical art. What transpires consistently though is that the building is architecturally interesting, the permanent collection is not very large, and the real draw are the temporary exhibitions - those generate even more oscillating comments!

Environmental & Social

The museum has a BREEAM-NL In-Use since 2017 and an energy label A. Its policies, including acquisition and exhibition, also have a strong diversity angle and it welcomes a lot of school visits. More info in their annual report: https://www.stedelijk.nl/en/museum/organisation/annual-report

Conclusion

The Stedelijk is a good modern and contemporary art museum with a broad collection, if a little haphazard in its layout. It isn't top tier by international standards and will not impress everybody (a consistent feature for this type of art) but the culturally minded and the creatives who have more than 2-3 days in the city should definitely include this venue in their itinerary.

Key positive

Some of the temporary exhibitions can really strike a chord

Centrally located, next to other museums

Key negative

Modern and contemporary art collection will be hit and miss for most people

Suitability

Best for adults and children aged 15 and above Accessible to visitors with reduced mobility

About this Rating

TYPE

Desktop

RESEARCHED IN

Updated in October 2023

PROVIDER

Koreval

Included Items
None
Timing
Duration of visit

av. transport time:0h 19m

est. visit time:2h 15m

Regulated hours

Monday10:00 - 18:00

Tuesday10:00 - 18:00

Wednesday10:00 - 18:00

Thursday10:00 - 18:00

Friday10:00 - 18:00

Saturday10:00 - 18:00

Sunday10:00 - 18:00

Pricing
Age band
Age band
Regular price / pers.
Senior
65 - 99
€22.5
Adult
19 - 64
€22.5
Child
3 - 18
€0
Infant
0 - 2
€0
Student price is € 10

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