




Child tickets for 7-16 year olds
Free entry for 0-6 year olds when accompanied by a paying adult
Monday - Friday: 10.00 - 17.00
Saturday - Sunday: 11.00 - 17.00
The free audio tour is available in English, Dutch, and Dutch Sign Language
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Ticket is valid for one year, ticket cannot be cancelled
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The Dutch Resistance Museum is dedicated to the resistance movement in the Netherlands during World War II. Right after the Germans bombed Rotterdam in May 1940, the Dutch surrendered and Nazi’s took over the streets of the country. People were faced with a choice: do we cooperate and do exactly what the Germans say, do we join the Nazi’s and help them or do we join the resistance movement?
This question is explored in the museum. The Dutch Resistance Museum helps evoke the climate of the war years by showing the lives of people who made different choices, with a primary focus on the resistance. This often extremely dangerous choice made people very creative in thwarting the Nazis and helping Jews and other groups of people who were being hunted down.
The museum's permanent exhibition takes visitors back to the forties, the period of the German occupation during World War II. The halls and walls that make up the décor of the Dutch Resistance Museum are full of photos to help evoke the war years. Much of the collection consists of artefacts collected from the personal belongings of members of the resistance movement.
The exhibition covers all forms of resistance: strikes, forging of documents, helping people to go into hiding, underground newspapers, escape routes, armed resistance, and espionage. You can see strollers with guns hidden in them, forged ID cards, typewriters on which coded messages were typed and chessboards with hidden compartments.
As well as seeing the ins and outs of life in the resistance, you’ll also see what day to day life was like for people who choose to cooperate. What limitations did the occupation put on them and why did some of them decide to join the resistance after all? Another important part of the museum focuses on the Dutch colonial empire, the Dutch East Indies during the war. Where the population suffered terribly under the Japanese regime of terror.
The exhibition is in both English and Dutch, making it accessible to most visitors. There is also a free audio tour which is offered in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Book your tickets to the Dutch Resistance Museum now and don’t miss out on this vital piece of Dutch history!
3539 Reviews
FellowTraveler793430
I had visited this important museum several years ago so I was curious to see what they had done with the recent upgrade. The exhibits and films were engaging and informative. Worth a visit and I will return.
Noraatc
The Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam - Museum of WWII Resistance is located in the Plantage, one of the most beautiful areas of the city. This museum was included in my I Amsterdam card. Here you can learn about heroic Resistance fighters, hear their testimonies, see their photographs, and follow their life from the beginning of the occupation until the liberation day. Many of them survived, but way too many had perished… The story of the Jewish deportation and terrible hunger in the city are the most painful… Highly recommend visiting this remarkable museum; especially if you are a WWII history buff, like me.
g0ldie145
I expected to spend an hour here. I was there almost 3 hours. It was fascinating. So many interesting stories. So many lives lost. So many people took risks to save lives. The museum is very visual and interactive. The audio tour was excellent. I definitely recommend. I had been excited to go to the Anne Frank Huis, but I feel this was as good or maybe even better.
WineAfficiado
This museum is one of the best experiences I enjoyed in Amsterdam. The displays are immersive, thoughtful, comprehensive and educational. They offer insight to a complex story about the rise of national socialism in pre-WW II Dutch politics, the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, the resistance movement, persecution of the Jews and eventual liberation. The humanity and inhumanity is illustrated and explained by telling the individual stories of women, children and men who lived and died during this terrible period in history.
damsel14
I started this day with a self-mapped walk of the Jewish quarter, then came here right when this museum opened at 10am. This was completely worth it. I'm a social justice activist myself, and I've been absolutely horrified at the the things happening in the world. I'm also a holocaust history nerd (enthusiast seems crass here), and I've always struggled to understand how something like this could happen in the Netherlands. This museum really helped me understand this history. I went through it very slowly, interacting with some of the exhibits as much as possible, listening to everything I could on the audioguide, and really trying to be present with the information. It's a lot, and it can certainly overwhelm you--I have a feeling a lot of people need to pick and choose what they engage with, and it's fine. I ended up spending about 2.5 hours here, and it was totally worth it. I'm so glad I went. I think this was the most underrated spot I went to in all of Amsterdam
sharonmM7572BP
We pencilled in up to two hours for this visit but we stayed for four hours . From the start to finish was amazing. You have an audio guide that was second to none. You can do it in the order you want and if you miss a bit you can go back and point your audio gadget at he piece you have missed and listen to it . Real people's stories from the time, photographs and short films. I went in with very little knowledge and came out with a wealth of knowledge and a thirst to learn even more. The best museum I have been in for a long time.
M6737PIsr
This is an outstanding museum, telling the story of Dutch resistance to Nazi occupation. The personal stories, audio and visual resources and items on display are wonderful. I would definitely recommend this museum to any visitor to Amsterdam.
ColoradoTraveler1120
We are so glad that we devoted 90 minutes to this museum. It tells the story of Dutch resistance during the Nazi era, and does it with appropriate detail, nuance and personalization. Having walked by the Anne Frank House, we actually opted for this museum instead of the tour there. And are glad we did, feeling we got a more expansive view of that horrific period. The Resistance Museum is extremely well and logically designed and curated. Further, it avoids easy, black-and-white answers fitting the history of that period in which the Dutch were trapped with no good or obvious options.
CamillaTF
Excellent exhibition. Well balanced with nuances, and presenting dilemmas for your thoughts. Very good presentation.
Theo1666
Really nice and laid out museum with so more information, it just kept going on! Was also not too busy either would definitely recommend.