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Dutch Resistance Museum

The Dutch Resistance Museum, chosen as the best historical museum of the Netherlands, tells the story of the Dutch people in World War II. How did Dutch people respond to the Nazi occupation? Who resisted? Why, and how? You’ll see, hear en read fascinating stories about the exceptional, as well as about everyday life. Education is a core task for the museum. Some fifteen thousand children visit the museum each year. Read more

 

Amsterdam through the lens of a secret camera. Photographs by Karel Bönnekamp (1942-1945)

Taking photographs was restricted during the German occupation. Many subjects were considered undesirable by the Nazis. From the autumn of 1944, taking photographs in the street was completely prohibited. Thankfully, all these restrictions didn’t stop a number of photographers recording wartime conditions. Many of the photographs taken by professional photographers became familiar images after the war, but the pictures taken by amateurs generally disappeared into family albums stored away in cupboards. K.F.H. (Karel) Bönnekamp donated his albums - with 197 Amsterdam street scenes during the occupation - to the Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam. This exhibition highlights the most extraordinary photographs in the collection. Start: October 15, 2011. Read more

 

A stitch a day... Embroidering in prison 1940-1945

Thousands of Dutch women were imprisoned during the Second World War: Jewish women, women in the Dutch East Indies, and those arrested who were members of the Resistance. Conditions in prison varied considerably, but whenever they could, these women embroidered. Start: June 10, 2011. Read more

 

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The expansion of the Resistance Museum Amsterdam through the addition of a children’s museum

The location of the new children’s museum is an adjoining run-down business premises with a surface area of around 320 m2. The museum wants to renovate this in a sustainable fashion, add an extra floor and create a new exhibition for children in the 9 to 14 age range, who visit either in a school group or with their families. Read more

 

Free entrance

Free entrance at the Dutch Resistance Museum with the 'I amsterdam Card'. The  'I amsterdam Card' consists of a chip-card, a public transport ticket, a full-colour guide and provides over 30 free and 20 discounted offers on major tourist attractions and restaurants. This card is comparable with a City Card offered in many European Cities. Read more

 
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