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Attractions & Activities: More Museums & Galleries
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Museum Amstelkring (Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder: Our Lord in the Attic)
One of the quirks in Amsterdam's history is that this tolerant city had a law for more than 200 years, from 1578, prohibiting any religious services other than those of the officially favored Dutch Reformed Church. As a result, the city's Catholics, Mennonites, Lutherans, and Jews were forced to hold services in private homes and other secret locations. This museum incorporates the best preserved of these clandestine places of worship. The church is in the attic of a canal house, built during 1661-63 for the merchant Jan Hartman; it's one of the oldest canal houses you can visit. Worshipers entered by a door on a side street and climbed a narrow flight of stairs to the third floor. An 18th-century redecoration created the chapel-size church you see now, with its baroque altar, spinet-sized pipe organ, and two narrow upper balconies. It's still used today for services and concerts.
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40
(near the Oude Kerk).
Phone: 020/624-6604 .
Open: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun and holidays 1-5pm.
Admission Dfl 7.50 adults, Dfl 6 students and seniors.
Tram: 4, 9, 16, 20, 24, or 25 to Dam Square.
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