6 cities · 12 museums
The best museums in the Netherlands are Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Anne Frank House. World Museum Guide covers 12 museums in the Netherlands across 6 cities, with admission prices, opening hours and highlights for each. Check each guide for current prices and free days.
Visitor information last reviewed 30 June 2026. Check the official museum site for current details.
| # | Museum | City | Admission | Time needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rijksmuseum | Amsterdam | €25 | 2–3 hours |
| 2 | Van Gogh Museum | Amsterdam | €25 | 2–3 hours |
| 3 | Anne Frank House | Amsterdam | €16 | 1–1.5 hours |
| 4 | Frans Hals Museum | Haarlem | €17.50 | 1.5–2 hours |
| 5 | Groninger Museum | Groningen | €16 | 2–3 hours |
| 6 | H'ART Museum Amsterdam | Amsterdam | €25 | 2 hours |
| 7 | Kröller-Müller Museum | Otterlo | €24.10 | 4–5 hours |
| 8 | Mauritshuis | The Hague | €19.50 | 1.5–2 hours |
| 9 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | Rotterdam | €20 Depot | 2 hours |
| 10 | Rembrandt House Museum | Amsterdam | €20 | 1–1.5 hours |
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & history enthusiasts
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw.
€25 · ⏱ 2–3 hours
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & first-timers
The Van Gogh Museum is a Dutch art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in the Museum Square in Amsterdam South. It opened on 2 June 1973, and its buildings were designed by Gerrit Rietveld and Kisho Kurokawa.
€25 · ⏱ 2–3 hours
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & first-timers
Otto Frank, the only member of the Frank family to survive the Holocaust, opened the house as a museum in 1960. The original Secret Annex remains preserved behind the famous bookcase entrance.
€16 · ⏱ 1–1.5 hours
Haarlem, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & history enthusiasts
Founded in 1862, the Frans Hals Museum moved into the Oudemannenhuis — a charitable home for elderly men — in 1913. Its main attraction is the only complete group of Hals's monumental Civic Guard portraits.
€17.50 · ⏱ 1.5–2 hours · Closed Mondays
Groningen, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for architecture enthusiasts & art lovers
The Groninger Museum was founded in 1874 and moved in 1994 into a startling postmodern complex by Alessandro Mendini, with pavilions by Coop Himmelb(l)au, Michele De Lucchi, and Philippe Starck.
€16 · ⏱ 2–3 hours · Closed Mondays
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & architecture enthusiasts
Opened in 2009 as the Hermitage Amsterdam in a former seventeenth-century almshouse on the Amstel river, the museum was renamed H'ART in 2023 and now partners with the British Museum, the Centre Pompidou, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
€25 · ⏱ 2 hours
Otterlo, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & families
Helene Kröller-Müller assembled one of the first great twentieth-century European art collections. She and her husband donated it to the Dutch state in 1935; the museum opened in 1938 inside the Hoge Veluwe National Park.
€24.10 · ⏱ 4–5 hours · Closed Mondays
The Hague, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & dutch golden age fans
The Mauritshuis was built between 1633 and 1644 for Count John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen. It opened as a public picture gallery in 1822 with the royal collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings.
€19.50 · ⏱ 1.5–2 hours
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & architecture enthusiasts
Founded in 1849 with a bequest from F.J.O. Boijmans, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen holds 151,000 works spanning Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel through Salvador Dalí and contemporary design. It is Rotterdam's leading art museum.
€20 Depot · ⏱ 2 hours
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & history enthusiasts
Rembrandt bought this Jodenbreestraat house in 1639. He went bankrupt in 1656 and the house was sold; it opened as a museum in 1911 and was painstakingly restored to its original state in 1999.
€20 · ⏱ 1–1.5 hours
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & first-timers
Built by Jacob van Campen between 1648 and 1665 as the Amsterdam city hall, the building was claimed by King Louis Bonaparte as a royal residence in 1808 and remains a working palace of the Dutch royal family today.
€12.50 · ⏱ 1–1.5 hours
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & first-timers
Founded in 1895, the Stedelijk holds one of the world's leading collections of modern and contemporary art, from Mondrian and Malevich to today's design and digital practice.
€22.50 · ⏱ 2–3 hours
The best museums in the Netherlands are Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Anne Frank House, Frans Hals Museum and Groninger Museum, ranked by visitor numbers and collection strength.
World Museum Guide covers 12 museums in the Netherlands across 6 cities.
Most charge admission, but Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum offer free or reduced entry on certain days or for certain visitors. See each guide for the rules.
