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Het Scheepvaartmuseum

The Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in in the Netherlands. The museum had 419,060 visitors in 2012. It ranked as 11th most visited museum in the Netherlands in 2013.
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hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    10:00—5:00 PM
    January 1st, April 27th, and December 25th: closed
  • Email: info@hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: maritime museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “‘s Land Zeemagazijn”, “National Maritime Museum”, “Nederlands Historisch Scheepvaartsmuseum”, “Scheepvaartmuseum”, and “The National Maritime Museum”
  • Address: Kattenburgerplein 1, Amsterdam, 1018KK
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canal District and NEMO.

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The is the famous 17th-century district surrounding the of . The whole district is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique cultural and historical value, and its property values are among the highest in the country.

Museum
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Science Museum is a science centre in , . It is located in the neighbourhood in the borough, situated between the and the Kattenburg. is situated 270 metres northwest of Het Scheepvaartmuseum.

Museum
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is an organisation that was founded in 1986 that "concentrates its activities in and the surrounding area." Arcam focuses on architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture. is situated 170 metres west of Het Scheepvaartmuseum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marineterrein and Kattenburg.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The main street is also called . is located in the centre of Amsterdam, on the northeastern side, close to the .

Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Latitude
52.37201° or 52° 22′ 19″ north
Longitude
4.91479° or 4° 54′ 53″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
9F469WC7+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1287492683
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6951700
Wiki­data ID
Q1616123
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Het Scheepvaartmuseum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف البحرية الهولندي”
  • Belarusian: “Музей суднаходства”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй суднаходзтва”
  • Catalan: “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Catalan: “Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی دەریایی”
  • Chinese: “國立荷蘭海洋博物館”
  • Chinese: “荷兰海事博物馆”
  • Chinese: “荷蘭海事博物館”
  • Czech: “Námořní muzeum”
  • Dutch: “‘s Lands Zeemagazijn”
  • Dutch: “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Dutch: “Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum (Amsterdam)”
  • Dutch: “Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Dutch: “Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف البحريه الهولندى”
  • Esperanto: “Nederlanda Ŝipvojaĝmuzeo”
  • French: “Musée de la Marine (Amsterdam)”
  • French: “Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • German: “Das Schifffahrtmuseum”
  • German: “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • German: “Niederländisches Schiffahrtsmuseum”
  • German: “Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • German: “Schiffahrtsmuseum Amsterdam”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הימי של הולנד”
  • Indonesian: “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Italian: “Museo della navigazione dei Paesi Bassi”
  • Italian: “Museo della navigazione di Amsterdam”
  • Italian: “Museo marittimo nazionale dei Paesi Bassi”
  • Italian: “Museo marittimo nazionale di Amsterdam”
  • Italian: “Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Japanese: “オランダ海洋博物館”
  • Malay: “Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی دریانوردی هلند”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ ملی دریانوردی هلند”
  • Polish: “Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Portuguese: “Nederlands Historisch Scheepvaartsmuseum”
  • Russian: “Морской музей (Амстердам)”
  • Russian: “Музей судоходства (Амстердам)”
  • Russian: “Музей судоходства”
  • Slovenian: “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Slovenian: “Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Slovenian: “Nizozemski pomorski muzej”
  • Slovenian: “Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Spanish: “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Spanish: “Museo marítimo nacional”
  • Spanish: “Museo Marítimo”
  • Spanish: “Nederlands Historisch Scheepvaartsmuseum”
  • Spanish: “Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Swedish: “Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей судноплавства (Амстердам)”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей судноплавства”
  • “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Het Scheepvaartmuseum”. Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.