Top rated History museums in Amsterdam, Netherlands to elevate your visit (Updated March, 2024)

Top rated History museums in Amsterdam

Experience the best that Amsterdam has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 89 places from History museum category.

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Battlefield Tours

Tourist information center

👍👍 Vandaag een prachtige tour gehad over “A bridge to far tour” onze gids heeft mij van begin tot het eind geboeid, ontzettend veel geleerd. De lunch tussen de middag was ook zeker de moeite waard. Bedankt team battletours voor deze fantastische dag. Mvg Harry

4.90 (33 reviews) (~144.08 km from centre)

Museum Van Lymborch Brothers House

Museum

👍👍 Very nice small museum with very interesting tour. Never heard before about these fantastic painter brothers from the Middle Ages.

4.80 (120 reviews) (~88.64 km from centre)

Nationaal Militair Museum

History museum

Dutch aviation & military history museum on an ex-airfield, with a kids' zone, cafe & meeting space.

4.70 (9.3K reviews) (~37.44 km from centre)

Our Lord in the Attic Museum (Former Hidden Catholic Church)

Museum

Audio tours of enigmatic, 17th-century house with an ornate catholic church hidden on the top floor.

4.70 (3.2K reviews) (~0.53 km from centre)

Liberation Museum Zeeland

War museum

👍👍 In this incredible museum you will mainly learn about the Battle of the Scheldt which was the longest and fiercest battle that was fought in the Netherlands which actually played out from October 2 until November 8, of 1944. But being such a important battle it's pretty odd that museums on this imp...

4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~127.81 km from centre)

Nationaal Monument Oranjehotel

History museum

👍👍 The Oranjehotel was the name the Dutch attributed to the Scheveningen prison during the Second World War. Here the Germans detained over 25,000 people for interrogation and prosecution. Those who violated regulations imposed by the Germans covered a broad spectrum and came from all corners of the Ne...

4.70 (703 reviews) (~49.71 km from centre)

Boerenbondsmuseum

Open air museum

👍👍 Echt terug in de tijd van hoe het was in Brabant rond 1900, geweldig!! En brabantse gastvrijheid, geschikt voor een leuke dag uit en bovendien leerzaam ook!!

4.70 (468 reviews) (~104.42 km from centre)

Jeneverie 't Spul

Cafe

👍👍 Fantastisch cafe om jenever te proberen, honderden soorten en goed advies om de juiste te kiezen. Prachtig klein Jenevermuseum achter het cafe waar met veel enthousiasme over de stad en de jenever werd verteld.

4.70 (47 reviews) (~61.04 km from centre)

World War Two & Airmen Museum Rivierenland

History museum

👍👍 A nicely set up museum. In a round fort from the 1800s. You can also eat and drink well there.

4.70 (39 reviews) (~61.91 km from centre)

Rijksmuseum

Art museum

19th-century building housing Dutch Golden Age painting masterpieces & vast European art collection.

4.60 (90.5K reviews) (~1.54 km from centre)

Castle De Haar

Castle

19th-century, medieval-style palace with landscaped gardens that host regular fairs & events.

4.60 (16.9K reviews) (~28.7 km from centre)

Wooden Shoe Workshop of Zaanse Schans

Tourist attraction

Traditional, family-run clog-making workshop with demonstrations, a museum & shop.

4.60 (6.7K reviews) (~12.15 km from centre)

Bonami Computer Museum

Technology museum

👍👍 Fantastic and unforgettable experience! A must have visit for any computer enthusiast. Price/quality ratio unbeatable. Extremely wide collection of retro computers, starting from analogues, through first machines from IIWW till today. Busines and home computers, and also game consoles - many of th...

4.60 (1.2K reviews) (~84.94 km from centre)

Katwijks Museum

History museum

👍👍 Geweldig museum. Een aanwinst voor de geschiedenis van Katwijk en omstreken. Een extra aanwinst zijn de QR-codes, geplaatst bij diverse onderwerpen. Zo krijg je extra informatie over de diverse onderwerpen. Ga zo door!

4.60 (422 reviews) (~38.57 km from centre)

Yi Jun Peace Museum

History museum

👍 This place has historical importance for Korean. In the early 1900s, Korea did not have sovereignty because of Japan. Against this, three Korean men visited Den Haag to attend Hague Conventions (1907) and announce the circumstance of Korea at that moment. But sadly, it was not going well. One of the...

4.60 (408 reviews) (~51.44 km from centre)

Tramremise

History museum

👍 Leuk! Veel te zien en voor de kinderen een tram om te besturen inclusief diploma.

4.60 (407 reviews) (~80.24 km from centre)

Edah Museum

History museum

👍👍 Very nice Museum, where everything can be seen from the time of Edah's founding up to and including its closing date. In addition, there is everything to see regarding food, from the past to the present. Also interesting for children. An Orgelmusik is housed in the same building.

4.60 (145 reviews) (~112.85 km from centre)

De Gekroonde Poelenburg

History museum

👍👍 There are many mills in the windmill village. Each windmill has its own traditional ingredients, such as spices, cocoa, cheese dairy products, etc. There are many small shops along the way for people to visit. Many traditional Dutch buildings are well-suited on the way Take a photo! Great windmill s...

4.60 (118 reviews) (~12.34 km from centre)

Museumsmederij "De Hoefhamer"

History museum

👍👍 Fantastische vakmensen die de tijd nemen voor hun klanten die geïnteresseerd zijn in het ambacht.

4.60 (49 reviews) (~64.27 km from centre)

Spoorwegmuseum

Rail museum

Interactive museum set in a restored 19th-century station, tracing the history of rail travel.

4.50 (13.4K reviews) (~35.63 km from centre)

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