Amsterdam City Archives, Amsterdam
Housed in the monumental Brick Expressionism style De Bazel, the Amsterdam City Archives preserves official documents, letters, photos, drawings, maps, prints and audio-visual records tracing the history of the city.
Housed in the monumental Brick Expressionism style De Bazel, the Amsterdam City Archives preserves official documents, letters, photos, drawings, maps, prints and audio-visual records tracing the history of the city. Highlights include the Westerkerk burial register recording the burial of Rembrandt van Rijn on 8 October 1669; the book containing the excommunication of 17thcentury philosopher Spinoza; an 18thcentury trade agreement between the city and the newly founded United States of America; a letter from Charles Darwin to Artis Royal Zoo from 1868; archives of Heineken, De Bijenkorf and the Concertgebouw; letters from Mahatma Gandhi; the 1942 report of the theft of Anne Frank’s bicycle, and a 1976 portrait of Dutch entrepreneur Freddy Heineken.
The Stadsarchief also organizes exhibitions, tours of the collection, and archival film screenings.
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About Amsterdam City Archives
Vijzelstraat 32, 1017 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Amsterdam City Archives and Nearby Sights on Map
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Bloemenmarkt
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The Amstel
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Torture Museum
The Torture Museum is certainly offbeat, with exhibits showcasing the history of different torturous techniques used over the centuries
Schutters Gallery
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Allard Pierson Museum
The Allard Pierson Museum, run by the University of Amsterdam, houses a Mediterranean archaeological collection of antiquities, art and artifacts from 4000 BC to 500 AD, including exhibits from ancient Egypt, the Near East, ancient Greece and Mesopotamia, Etruria, and the Roman Empire
Artplein-Spui
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Rembrandtplein
Rembrandtplein, named after the famous Dutch artist, has a statue of the painter in the middle
Begijnhof
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