The Tropenmuseum and the Amsterdam Historical Museum
Museums are for sure some of the main Amsterdam attractions, and many of them live up to this promise, offering tourists a delight for their senses and a travel back in the history of Amsterdam city.
The Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam
This is not a Holland-exclusive museum, but rather a multi-nartional one, as it displays thousands of stories and items coming from countries and regions such as Latin America & the Caribbean, New Guinea, Africa, The Netherlands East Indies, Southeast Asia, India, Western Asia & North Africa.
One of the attractions in Tropenmuseum is a forest made of monumental carvings in wood, some of them reaching heights of more than 12 meters. They were used during bisj rituals for commemorating the dead members of their community.
These rituals, still performed today, are brought to life in an exhibition with a combination of light, sound and video which gives thrills even to the bravest tourists.
The little brother of the Tropenmuseum is Tropenmuseum Junior, a vivid museum designed for children from six to twelve years of age. Visiting time: Wednesday afternoons, every weekend, during the holidays and on public holidays.
The Amsterdam Historical Museum
What tourists can see in the Amsterdam Historical Museum: a collection of art, artifacts and archaeological finds. The museum functions in the former Civic Orphanage - Burgerweeshuis, which had the destination of lodging orphans in Amsterdam.
The team who created the concept and who brought it to life must have been more than a simple team of historians but, as well, an artistic group, strongly passionate about Amsterdam’s history, people and spirituality.
Their achievement, above other historical museums’ ones, is that they managed to bring the past so close to the contemporaneous understanding and feeling that it has the ability to virtually make every tourist fall in love with Amsterdam.
The well-chosen photos and video sequences successfully manage to recreate (not only display) the happy times, as well as the drama of the modern Amsterdam city’s inhabitants.
Actually, that is how each item is placed in the museum.
Probably this is the detail that makes The Amsterdam Historical Museum so alive that it can captures people’s attention at every age, from teenagers to elders.
The soldiers, the armors, the weapons and the ships create such a powerful scene, that it would make the best movie directors in the world envious.
The Amsterdam Historical Museum and The Tropenmuseum are a must see if you are seeking for the Amsterdam attractions.