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Verzetsmuseum AmsterdamvsWillet-Holthuysen Museum
Both are highly recommended by writers. Overall, Willet-Holthuysen Museum scores slightly higher than The Resistance Museum. Willet-Holthuysen Museum has a TripExpert Score of 89 with endorsements from 8 sources including Fodor's, Let's Go and Travel + Leisure.
Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam
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Lonely Planet
Time Out
Frommer's
Michelin Guide
Atlas Obscura Frommer's
Plantage Kerklaan 61a, Amsterdam 1018 CX, The Netherlands
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Fodor's "From May 14, 1940, to May 5, 1945, the Netherlands was occupied by Nazi Germany. This museum looks at the population's response: who resisted and how." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This museum shows, in no uncertain terms, how much courage it takes to actively resist an adversary so ruthless that you can't trust neighbours, friends or even family." Full review
Time Out "The Verzetsmuseum is one of Amsterdam's most illuminating museums and quite possibly its most moving." Full review
Frommer's "Has clever dioramas and interactive exhibits that neatly chart the absorbing story of the gradual rise of Dutch resistance to their Nazi occupiers from 1940 until the end of World War II." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Film clips, sound recordings, images and objects commemorating the Second World War." Full review
Atlas Obscura "A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation " Full review
Frommer's "Photographs, documents, weapons, communications equipment, spy gadgets...used by the Dutch Resistance, exhibits show the ingenuity—along with courage—the freedom-fighters brought to bear on Germans" Full review
Willet-Holthuysen Museum Fodor's Time Out
Let's Go
Travel + Leisure Michelin Guide
The Telegraph Frommer's Lonely Planet
605 Herengracht, 1017 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fodor's "Here's a rare chance to experience what it was like to live in a gracious mansion on the Herengracht in the 18th century." Full review
Time Out "Built in the 1680s, this mansion was purchased in the 1850s by the Willet-Holthuysen family." Full review
Let's Go "The museum’s goal is to demonstrate what wealthy Dutch life was like in the 19th century as seen through the eyes of Abraham Willet and Louisa Willet-Holthuysen." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Originally built for the city's mayor around 1685, this grand canal house is still partly furnished in the style of the time, while other rooms date back to the 18th century." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"The furniture and artefacts inside give an impression of the life led by merchants in the Dutch "Golden Age"." Full review
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Worth noting in the kitchen are tiles decorated with images of caged birds.
The Telegraph "The grandest and most glittering of Amsterdam’s canal-house museums was occupied by a succession of local notables, the last, Sandrina Holthuysen, dying alone, surrounded by cats in 1895." Full review
Frommer's "This is a wonderful museum with a pristine interior...displays include an introduction to the aristocratic family who lived here, and a collection of painstakingly detailed silver figurines. " Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This sumptuous residence, now part of the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, is named after the widow who bequeathed the property to the city in the late 19th century." Full review
