Museumnacht 2025 in Amsterdam: these places you must visit

When: Saturday 1 November 2025 19.00-02.00

Anyone who has experienced Museumnacht Amsterdam before knows that planning is essential. By familiarising yourself with the participating museums, their exhibitions and activities beforehand, you can make the most of your evening. You really don’t want to miss these exhibitions, workshops and parties.

Find the Museumnacht programme here.

For Museumnacht Amsterdam, buy a ticket that admits you to all museums. Tickets are available via the website of Museumnacht Amsterdam. Don’t wait too long to buy them, because Museum Night almost sells out every year.

Treehouse NDSM

Collaborative Drawing Experience

During this special evening, you can join the artists of Treehouse in contributing to a living work of art that grows and changes throughout the night. Add your own lines, stories, and shapes, and discover how you and the world can transform.

Location: T.T. Neveritaweg 55-57 (Google Maps)
Info: www.museumnacht.amsterdam

de Brakke Grond

TRANSFORMATION

During Museum Night 2025, the Brakke Grond will present a unique photographic experience with the exhibition .tiff 2025. Visit the performance ‘Welcome to Our Table’, where food and connection come together, and be surprised by ‘BOX’ by Charlotte Bouckaert, a playful photographic work of art that visibly unfolds.

Location: Nes 45 (Google Maps)
Info: www.brakkegrond.nl

Straatmuseum

Experience Museum Night at STRAAT, the museum for street art and graffiti, located in an 8,000 m² former shipyard warehouse at the NDSM shipyard. View works by international and emerging street artists, watch them at work, pick up a spray can yourself, and enjoy a snack and a drink.

Location: NDSM-Plein 1 (Google Maps)
Info: www.straatmuseum.com

Nxt Museum

During Museum Night, you can visit the *Still Processing* exhibition at Nxt Museum and participate in an interactive AI Prompt Battle. Participants compete live to come up with the most creative texts, which AI then converts into surprising images. The battle offers a playful introduction to prompt engineering and shows how language and AI work together.

Location: Asterweg 22 (Google Maps)
Info: www.nxtmuseum.com

Amsterdam Ferry Festival

Art on the ferry! Once again, Amsterdam Ferry Festival will be taking over the ferry between Central Station and NDSM during Museum Night. Enjoy the work of various artists as you sail across the river. Your journey will become a museum visit in itself!

Location: behind Amsterdam Central Station (Google Maps)
Info: www.amsterdamferryfestival.nl

Wereldmuseum

Where yoga meets tai chi

Experience a transformative workshop combining yoga and tai chi, guided by experienced instructors who will help you develop balance, mindfulness, and inner strength through movement and breathing.

Location: Linnaeusstraat 2 (Google Maps)
Info: www.amsterdam.wereldmuseum.nl

Hortus Botanicus and Tot Zover

Funeral bus to Tot Zover

During Museum Night, the funeral bus runs between Hortus Botanicus and Tot Zover, the realm of the living and the dead. Unlike the ferryman Charon, the bus also takes passengers back again. The bus runs continuously from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., with pick-up times at Hortus at quarter past and quarter to the hour.

Location: Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam – Plantage Middenlaan 2A (Google Maps)
Info: www.museumnacht.amsterdam

Melkweg Expo

Melkweg Expo is an exhibition space for innovative, contemporary visual culture and a platform for emerging artists in the heart of Amsterdam. With photography about identity, our society, and pop uculture in the broadest sense of the word as its cornerstone, Melkweg Expo also regularly welcomes other forms of visual art.

Characterized by an accessible approach, they present art that is innovative, engaging, and inclusive. The core objective is to guide, promote, and present emerging talent.

Location: Marnixstraat 407-409 (Google Maps)
Info: www.melkweg.nl

The Black Archives

The Black Archives is a historical archive and cultural center that focuses on Black and other underrepresented perspectives. They offer inspiring conversations, activities, and an extensive collection of over 10,000 books and artifacts on topics such as racism, slavery, colonization, gender, and feminism.

Location: Bijlmerplein 140 (Google Maps)
Info: www.theblackarchives.nl