The best child-friendly museums in Amsterdam

WONDR Experience

Enter Amsterdam’s first-ever experience playground: a colourful and sensational experience that encourages you to play and discover, regardless of your age. This enchanting world is designed to stimulate all your senses in surprising ways. It is a place that evokes creativity, imagination and pure joy. Lose yourself in a wonderful jungle. Dive into a pool full of pink marshmallows. Dance under a sparkling starry sky. Jump into the biggest ball pit you have ever seen.

Address: Meeuwenlaan 88 (Google Maps)
Info & tickets: www.wondrexperience.com

NEMO Science Museum

Visitors of all ages can discover the fascinating world of science and technology at the NEMO Science Museum. On five floors filled with exhibitions, experiments, demonstrations and workshops, visitors can experience how special the everyday things around them are.

Address: Oosterdok 2 (Google Maps)
Info & tickets: www.nemosciencemuseum.nl

Jewish Museum Junior

The Jewish Museum Junior offers children an insight into Jewish culture in a playful way. Enter the house of the Hollander family and learn about their traditions, customs and ways of thinking. In this three-storey house, you will see a study, music room and kosher kitchen. Max de Matze will take you on an adventure where you will encounter various facts and challenging tasks.

Address: Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1 (Google Maps)
Info & tickets: www.jck.nl

Wereldmuseum Junior

Wereldmuseum Junior, part of the Wereldmuseum, is especially targeted toward 6- to 13-year-olds. Ever since its foundation in 1975, it has presented interactive exhibitions for children.

Address: Linnaeusstraat 2 (Google Maps)
Info & tickets: www.wereldmuseum.amsterdam.nl

The Upside Down

With more than 25 unique and colourful rooms and settings, this is the perfect place to take great photos, learn more about the Netherlands and Amsterdam and let your creativity run free. With the theme The New Dutch, they want to show contemporary Dutch culture in a fun way.

Address: Europaboulevard 5 (Google Maps)
Info & tickets: www.the-upsidedown.com

ARTIS-Micropia

Right next to Artis Zoo, microbes have their own museum. Micropia is the first museum in the world dedicated to microbes. Many species of micro-organisms are presented here. Here you can get to know these invisible hosts that live with us every day. They protect us from harmful bacteria and fungi and produce vital substances for our bodies.

An exciting and not everyday place to visit with your children!

Address: Plantage Kerklaan 38/40 (Google Maps)
Info & tickets: www.artis.nl

Van Gogh Museum

Drawing in the Open Studio

During your visit to the Van Gogh Museum, you can take a look at the Open Studio. Experience is absolutely not required; creativity is something everyone has in them, regardless of your age.

In the studio, you will explore the fascinating world of form, light and perspective. Pencils and paper are waiting for you on the drawing table, as well as various drawing assignments and inspiring objects. Let your creativity run wild!

Location: Museumplein 10 (Google Maps)
Info & tickers: www.vangoghmuseum.nl