Museum of Illusions

Museum Van Loon is a located in a canalside house alongside the Keizersgracht in , . The museum is named after the family Van Loon that lived in the house from the 19th century.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    December 24th and 31: 10:00 AM—3:00 PM
    April 27th, December 25th, and January 1st: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Amsterdam museum on Keizersgracht 672, residence of members of the Van Loon family
  • Also known as: “Museum Van Loon”
  • Address: Keizersgracht 672, Amsterdam, 1017ET
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canal District and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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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The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in . The museum is located at the in the borough of , close to the , the , and the . is situated 700 metres southwest of Museum of Illusions.

Museum
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Foam or Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam is a photography museum located on Keizersgracht in , the . The museum has four different exhibitions at any given time in which different photographic genres are shown, such as documentary, art and fashion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amsterdam-Centrum and Oude Pijp.

Suburb
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is the inner-most borough and historical of , , containing the majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Noord-Pijp is a neighbourhood of , located in an urbanised part of the borough. It had a population of 14,102 in 2011 and an area of 68 hectares.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , located east of the original course of the Amstel River. This area is bounded by , , , Amstel, Kloveniersburgwal, , Geldersekade, and Prins Hendrikkade.

Museum of Illusions

Latitude
52.36346° or 52° 21′ 49″ north
Longitude
4.89338° or 4° 53′ 36″ east
Open location code
9F469V7V+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34050759
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q2191110
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Spanish—“Museum of Illusions” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վան Լունի թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “Muséu Van Loon”
  • Chinese: “範·盧恩博物館”
  • Chinese: “範隆博物館”
  • Chinese: “范·卢恩博物馆”
  • Chinese: “范隆博物館”
  • Dutch: “Museum Van Loon”
  • Faroese: “Museum Van Loon”
  • German: “Museum Van Loon”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון ואן לון”
  • Italian: “Museo Van Loon”
  • Japanese: “ファン・ローン博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Museum Van Loon”
  • Russian: “Музей Ван Лон”
  • Slovenian: “Museum Van Loon”
  • Spanish: “Museo Van Loon”

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