Amsterdam National Holocaust Museum Entry

Discover the poignant history of Dutch Jews at Amsterdam’s National Holocaust Museum. Explore exhibits on pre-war life, persecution, and remembrance.

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • National Holocaust Museum - Through this former teacher training school hundreds of Jewish children, who were held captive in the crèche next door, were smuggled to relatively safe places with the help of the resistance during the Second World War. At this historic site, in the National Holocaust Museum, the story of the Holocaust is told in…
What's Included
  • National Holocaust Museum entry ticket
  • Audio Tour
  • Hollandsche Schouwburg National Holocaust Memorial entry ticket
What's Not Included
  • Guided tour
  • Access to Jewish Museum and Portuguese Synagogue
Additional Information

The National Holocaust Museum tells the story of the Nazi persecution and murder of the Jews of the Netherlands. Before the Second World War, Jews and non-Jews lived side by side. They had the same rights. But during the war, the Nazis and their collaborators killed around six million Jews in Europe. That was the Holocaust or Shoah.
This is the first and…

Location
National Holocaust Museum
Plantage Middenlaan
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Olga_p
Nov 11, 2025
Learning about Hollicaust... - Learning about Hollicaust and listening to audio was very horrifying experience what Nazis did to humanity. May this never be forgotten in the history.
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Muireanno130
Nov 1, 2025
Very informative. Highly recommend 👌 - Viator website was not great to book experience with. Lady in jewish museum was super helpful. It turned out to be a combined ticket. The holocaust museum is excellent, very informative and really makes you think. Heartbreaking stories and pictures. could have spent longer there but were pushed for time.
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Debthomas74
Oct 29, 2025
Must see - This is one of the most emotional and informative holocaust museums I have ever been to. It has a Twin Towers feel to it in having real stories and if you get to the memorial it is very moving indeed. Tie this with a visit to Anne Frank and it’ll move you to pieces.
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Carlye_o
Oct 26, 2025
Well Done - This museum treated this difficult topic with respect. It told the stories through pictures, letters, and other media. Using small hand-held recorders for each station, the messages came to life.
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M_didius
Oct 23, 2025
Museum telling an incredibly moving story of an unfolding tragedy - An excellent museum detailing the experiences of Jewish people in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation with a good mix of personal memoirs and the wider context. From the first restrictions through the tightening of controls to the mass round ups, deportations and killings - not forgetting the less than generous treatment of the returning survivors - this museum tells an incredibly moving story of an unfolding tragedy. The (free) audio guide is very good and a must for understanding what you are looking at. To do the museum justice give yourself an absolute minimum of 2 hours to take in all the individual stories.
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Bryan_m
Sep 27, 2025
Very Sad - The entire experience is incredibly emotional. The unimaginable hardships faced by the Jews are truly staggering. No one should ever have endured what they did. As someone with Jewish heritage, it deeply resonated with me. I highly recommend that anyone visiting Amsterdam make the time to visit this place.
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Jet15321249703
Sep 17, 2025
Fascinating insight into individual Jewish Amsterdam residents in the 40s. - It was a very interesting exhibition, showing the personal experiences of many of Amsterdams Jews, including children. They had many interesting books for sale but most were in Dutch. It was interesting that they had to have security guards and secure entrance procedures. An incitement of modern day antisemitism, perhaps.
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Malka_f
Aug 21, 2025
Children of survivors - It was very moving. As my husband and I are children of halocust survivors. All our parents were left orphans alone with most of their family killed. My mother in law survived auschwitz #A7446. She just passed away a few months ago at the age of 98. She lived to see 5 generations and over 200 descendants. A very special woman. My.mother was alone in a dp camp with a sister the only survivors of the war. I would love to see more pictures of the orthodox people. I was happy to see a quote of Eli Weisel my cousin. My father and Eli shared a grandfather.
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Sightseer21890746159
Aug 7, 2025
. - Very Moving and sobering experience Excellent staffing and good security The staff were very professional courteous and helpful
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John
Oct 20, 2025
Are we for or against Jews? - Very powerful presentation of what happened to the Jews in the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945. Gradual tightening of the screw after Nazi invasion. Some Dutch collaborated, others hid Jews or joined the Resistance. How would we react to antisemitism nowadays? Be indifferent?
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).