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Attractions & Activities: More Museums & Galleries
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Tropenmuseum (Tropical Museum)
One of Amsterdam's more intriguing museums is the Tropical Museum of the Royal Tropical Institute, a foundation devoted to the study of the cultures of tropical areas around the world. The museum's focus reflects Holland's centuries as a landlord in such areas as Indonesia; Surinam (on the northern coast of South America); and the islands of St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao in the West Indies. The Tropical Institute building complex alone is worth the trip to Amsterdam East and the Oosterpark; its heavily ornamented 19th-century facade is an amalgam of Dutch architectural styles--turrets, stepped gables, arched windows, delicate spires, and the monumental galleried interior court (a popular spot for concerts). Of the exhibits, the most interesting are the walk-through model villages and city-street scenes that, except for the lack of inhabitants, seem to capture a moment in the daily life of such places as India and Indonesia; the displays of tools and techniques used to produce batik, the distinctively dyed Indonesian fabrics; and displays of the tools, instruments, and ornaments that clutter a tropical residence. There's also a new permanent exhibition on people and environment in West Asia and North Africa. Part of the premises is given over to the children-only Kindermuseum TM Junior.
Linnaeusstraat 2
(at Mauritskade).
Phone: 020/568-8215 .
Open: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun and holidays noon-5pm.
Admission Dfl 12 adults, Dfl 8 children 18 and under.
Tram: 6, 9, 10, or 14 to Mauritskade; 20 to Sarphatistraat.
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