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(Total: 1107) next 10 >> (1097 remaining) | Famous Crowns | The Diamond Museum Amsterdam takes you on a journey that began
3 billion years ago, 200 kilometers under the surface of the earth, and which ends in the ring on your finger or in the pendant around your neck. A fascinating story that should not be missed.
In addition to the permanent collection Brilliant Beauties, there is a temporary exhibition devoted to the crown, the symbol of royal power and the worldly glory. You will see examples from around the world and from all ages.
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Diamond Museum Amsterdam (Diamantmuseum)
Paulus Potterstraat 8
| | Performed by : | Category : Exhibition | | Date/time : Tuesday January 13 until Monday December 31 , daily 9 am - 5 pm | Price : Adults € 7.50/children 13 - 18 € 5.-- | Tickets :at the museum.
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| Open Restoration. Restoration of a Historical Monument 2009 - 2012 | The Museum Our Lord in the Attic is undergoing restoration, renovation and expansion in order to maintain the Oude Huis (Old House) and its 17th-century interior, with a church in the attic, as a unique historical house with its own context and stories. In the Nieuwe Huis (New House) across the alley, there will be space for an entrance lobby, a museum shop, a cafe, temporary exhibitions and education. The new museum is expected to open its doors in 2012.
Come and follow the progress of the restoration programme and to see the results. Throughout the restoration we will be explaining what this entails and specialists will describe their work.
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Amstelkring Museum, Our Lord in the Attic (Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder)
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40
| | Performed by : | Category : Exhibition | | Date/time : Friday April 3 until Saturday June 30 , Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm; Sun 1 pm - 5 pm | Price : adults € 8.--/ children (6 - 18 yrs.) € 4.-- | Tickets :The museum is closed on 1 January and 30 April.
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| Katana Sword | 1967 pieces of Diamonds with a total weight of 54.48 carat
494 pieces of Rubies with a total weight of 10.69 carat
Katana, is the Japanese word for sword.
This masterpiece of art has been fabricated in the glass workshops of Murano, Venice. This solid piece of glass is molded into it’s final shape by hand at a temperature of 1200 degrees Celsius, which is an extremely delicate process, known to the Murano glass experts only.
Monique Zegerius, a Dutch glass artist, has designed this Katana and commissioned the sword to be made in Murano, giving specific directives to the glass master.
Lilly B, a Dutch jewel designer had the difficult task to set the diamonds and rubies. Simple drilling in this glass is impossible, because it would shatter the glass. A very special process of high pressure water “drilling” was used to attach the gold to the Glass.
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Diamond Museum Amsterdam (Diamantmuseum)
Paulus Potterstraat 8
| | Performed by : | Category : Exhibition | | Date/time : Sunday September 27 until Monday December 31 , daily 9 am - 5 pm | Price : Adults € 7.50/children 13 - 18 € 5.-- | Tickets :at the museum.
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| Van Gogh's studio practice: Canvases re-used | Vincent van Gogh regularly made a painting on a canvas he had used before. He began doing this in May of 1885, when he was still living in Nuenen, and continued this practice in his Paris years (1886-1888). At first he painted directly over the first composition, but gradually went to work differently depending on his ideas for a given painting. Sometimes he used the relief or the colours of the first image in the new painting, but if he wanted to make a thinly painted work requiring a smooth and even surface, he would thoroughly scrape off the first depiction. In some instances, he is also known to have covered the first scene with an opaque layer: a light one for a bright and transparently painted view of Paris, and a dark one for a subdued forest scene.
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Van Gogh Museum
Paulus Potterstraat 7
| | Performed by : | Category : Exhibition | | Date/time : Friday June 10 until Sunday June 10 , daily 10 am till 6 pm, Fri till 10 pm | Price : adults: € 14.--/under 17 yrs: free | Tickets :at the museum or online at the website of the museum.
Closed on 1 January.
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| A stitch a day... Embroidering in prison 1940-1945 | Thousands of Dutch women were imprisoned during the Second World War: Jewish women, women in the Dutch East Indies, and those arrested who were members of the Resistance. Conditions in prison varied considerably, but whenever they could, these women embroidered.
Much of the preserved embroidery in this exhibition is by women who ended up in prison or in concentration camps because of their part in the Resistance. Embroidery by women in the Japanese camps in the Dutch East Indies is also shown.
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Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam/Dutch Resistance Museum
Plantage Kerklaan 61
| | Performed by : | Category : Exhibition | | Date/time : Friday June 10 until Tuesday May 22 , Tue - Fri 10:00 - 17:00, Sat - Mon 11:00 - 17:00 | Price : adults: € 8.--/ children 7 -15 € 4.50 | Tickets :at the museum.
Closed on 1st January, April 30th and December 25th.
Public Holidays open from 11.00 - 17.00
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| The Royal Palace | Many rooms can be visited from the building that was designed and built as the Town Hall of Amsterdam, later converted into a Palace. Paintings by famous artists such as Ferdinand Bol and Govaert Flinck and sculpture of the Antwerp sculptor Artus Quellinus refer symbolically to the power and wealth of the city of Amsterdam in the Dutch Golden Age. On the ground floor is the Vierschaar opened, the marble room where – in the Town Hall period – death sentences were handed down in front of people.
The Royal Palace Amsterdam has the largest collection of Empire furniture outside France. After his departure, Louis Napoleon left almost all expensive furniture behind. The furniture, one of the best preserved and most complete Empire collections in the world, is in full glory to be seen.
The Palace is open, but closed during Royal Events. The days of public opening can be found in the calendar
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Royal Palace Amsterdam / Koninklijk Paleis
Dam Square
| | Performed by : | Category : Exhibition | | Date/time : Friday July 1 until Monday December 31 , daily 12:00 - 17:00 | Price : adults € 7.50/children 5- 16 € 6.50 | Tickets :at the palace
For opening dates, check website.
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| Boom Chicago Comedy Shows | Since 1993, Boom Chicago has mixed sharp writing, quick thinking and high production values to create funny shows and videos. Boom Chicago performs nightly in Amsterdam and at theaters, festivals and corporate events all over the world. Sometimes there are special events for special occasions.
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Chicago Social Club
Leidseplein 12
| | Performed by : | Category : Cabaret/Show | | Date/time : Friday July 1 until Monday December 31 , check website for schedule | Price : Sun-Thur € 22, VIP € 35/Fri-Sat € 26, VIP € 39 | Tickets :Online: click here
call +31 (0)20 423 0101 or email at reservations@boomchicago.nl
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| Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens - Flemish painters from the Hermitage | The exhibition presents a stunning selection from the Flemish art collection of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. With 75 paintings and about 20 drawings, this definitive survey will include numerous masterpieces by the three giants of the Antwerp School – Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens – accompanied by the work of well-known contemporaries.
With the aid of an audio tour, a film, and computer displays, the exhibition offers a close look at Flemish art and the history of the Flemish art collection at the St. Petersburg Hermitage. The vitality of seventeenth-century Antwerp comes to life on a special wall of the exhibition that shows painters’ studios, churches, and monuments in word and image.
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Hermitage Amsterdam
Amstel 51
| | Performed by : | Category : Exhibition | | Date/time : Saturday September 17 until Friday March 16 , daily from 10:00 till 17:00, Wed till 20:00 | Price : adults € 15.--/ children up to 16 free | Tickets :at the museum.
Closed on 25 December, 1 January and 30 April
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| Van Loon rides out | The coach house is opened every hour for 15 minutes by the museum staff at: 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30 and 16:30.
Two years ago Museum Van Loon, with the help of various funds and individuals, purchased the coach house that is situated at the back of the garden of the museum. On the 22nd of September 2011, the birthday of Professor Maurits van Loon (1923 - 2006), founder of the museum, the restoration of the coach house was completed. He would have been delighted to see the historic unity of canal house, garden and coach house restored. It is the only place in The Netherlands where the public can visit a great and representative canal house to it's original extent and where the design of the Amsterdam canal system, listed as UNESCO World Heritage, is as evident.
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Museum van Loon
Keizersgracht 672
| | Performed by : | Category : Exhibition | | Date/time : Saturday September 24 until Monday February 27 , Wed - Mon 11:00 till 17:00 | Price : Adults: € 8.--/ Children 6 to 18 years € 4.-- | Tickets :at the museum.
Closed on Queens Day (April 30), Christmas Day (December 25), New Years Day (january 1)
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| China's Qi | Qi (pronounced 'chi') is the Chinese life force, or breath of life, that is in full flow at the Tropenmuseum Junior till spring 2012. In ‘China's Qi’, visitors can get their own qi flowing in a range of activities during special China tours, including cooking, kung fu, karaoke, calligraphy and by making umbrellas and terracotta soldiers.
In China’s Qi, there are no artefacts in glass cases and children take centre stage in the exhibition. After immersing the visitors in a dynamic China of skyscrapers and traffic, the exhibition staff (most of whom are Chinese themselves) escort them through the various rooms of the exhibition. The collection, personal recollections, moving images and activities combine to form a unified whole.
Visitors can experience China’s Qi by becoming actively involved in tai-chi, kung fu, feng shui, calligraphy, making terracotta soldiers, producing umbrella’s, cooking, karaoke.
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Tropenmuseum / Tropical Museum
Linnauesstraat 2
| | Performed by : | Category : Other | Exhibition | | Date/time : Sunday October 9 until Sunday March 4 , Tue - Sun 10:00 till 17:00 | Price : adults: € 10.--/ children 4 - 12 € 6.-- | Tickets :At the museum
During holidays and school holidays - except the summer holidays - the museum is also open on Mondays: 10:00 till 17:00
The Tropenmuseum is closed on 1 January, 30 April, 5 May and December 25.
On December 24 and 31 the museum is open until 15:00
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