HIt can sometimes be quite a challenge to keep the children busy and looking for fun, new outings. Fortunately, Amsterdam offers enough creative and educational opportunities to turn a trip into an adventurous learning experience. Below is a list of the seven most fascinating kids museums in Amsterdam.
WONDR Experience
Step into Amsterdam's first experience playground: an experience full of color and sensation that invites you to play and explore. Regardless of your age. This wonderful world is designed to stimulate all your senses in unexpected ways. It is a place that evokes creativity, imagination and pure joy. Get lost in a wonderful jungle. Dive into a pool of pink marshmallows. Dance under a glittering sky. Jump into the biggest ball pit you've ever seen. Draw on the walls. Sing your heart out. Let your imagination run wild and experience the art of playing.
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The Upside Down
The Upside Down is the largest social media museum in Amsterdam, where you make the rules. A colorful world is created with more than 25 rooms and decors. Everything fits in with the theme of 'The New Dutch'. It's as if they threw a museum, an amusement park, a disco and some perfect backdrops into the blender to create the ultimate Dutch experience.
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Tropical Museum
The Tropenmuseum is a museum of world cultures, located in one of the most beautiful museum buildings in the Netherlands. The impressive national monument located on the Oosterpark, in the heart of Amsterdam East, dates from 1926. The impressive central Light Hall offers a wide view of what the museum has to offer: an extensive permanent exhibition and regularly changing exhibitions in which the objects each have a tell human story. Stories about universal human themes such as mourning, celebrating, decorating, praying or fighting. They make you curious about the enormous cultural diversity that the world has to offer.
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NEMO
In NEMO Science Museum everyone, from young to old, discovers how fascinating science and technology are. On five floors full of exhibitions, experiments, demonstrations and workshops, visitors experience how special everyday things are.
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Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum tells the story of 800 years of Dutch art and history with 8,000 objects. We take you from the Middle Ages to Mondriaan. We do this of course in the historic castle-like building with the Gallery of Honor as the highlight.
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Maritime Museum
Discover 500 years of Dutch maritime history and the connection with the society of today and the future. The Maritime Museum houses one of the largest and most prominent maritime collections in the world and includes paintings, ship models, navigation instruments and nautical charts.
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Move
From unique exhibitions and events around mobility to the tastiest culinary delights. Move Amsterdam is an afternoon or evening out that you will not experience anywhere else. Every visit to the beautiful building on Stadionplein in Amsterdam, right next to the Olympic Stadium, brings you new experiences. From interactive exhibitions to unique exhibitions. The most exciting cars in the world. Film, art and music and of course not to forget: the Michelin star restaurant Wils by chef Joris Bijdendijk.
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Amsternannies is the nicest babysitting agency in Amsterdam. With our blog we give you insight into the events where we attend as babysitters. You can also find great children's recipes or very cool offers for young families here!
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Amsternannies at Candy Dulfer's performance!
April 8, 2015
Last Sunday Amsternannies was at The Harbor Club - Amsterdam. A fantastic performance by Candy Dulfer during Sunday Live XXL! Two Nannies had great fun playing with the children on the large bouncy castle, making beautiful drawings and playing games together. A great success!
Easter in Amsterdam
April 5, 2015
The Easter weekend has started; the ideal days for some quality time together. Artis has various Easter activities, such as an educational Easter treasure hunt throughout Artis and in the Broedmachinehuis you can see how chicks hatch from their eggs. You can also cuddle chicks and feel how soft they are.
Crafts for Easter!
March 31, 2015
Although spring has officially sprung, we find it hard to believe with the constant rain. That will be a day of crafting indoors! And let Easter be a great occasion for that. Everyone wear an apron, nice music in the background and you can get started making it
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