Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum Closed Sept 24, 2012 to April 2013

Hi Cruisers!

Whilst exploring our options in Amsterdam, I discovered the the Van Gogh Museum is closing on Sept. 24th for 7 months. Many painting will be shown at the Amsterdam Hermitage starting on Sept 29th until April 2013.

http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/inde...ge=194&lang=en

The Rijksmuseum is also under renovations, better check website for location of collections.

Indeed during renovations of van Goghmuseum a part of the collection will move to the Hermitage, nicely situated on the Amstel river, bu in another section of town.

Rijksmuseums renovation isnot that bad, since a part of the collection (incl. Nachwacht) is in a section of the museum. More or less same location as the museum itself.

We will be in AMS May 20 - 24, 2013. We plan on visits to both the Van Gogh & the Rijksmuseums during our stay.

According to the museum websites, all work should be completed by this time? Anyone have any different info?

thanks,

jill

keep an eye on their websites. Renovation of Rijksmuseum has taken more time then expected. Too early now to say if all will be finished in either museum.

We'll be there in a few weeks (prior to 9/24). Would anyone be able to tell me how far it is from where the ships dock to the Van Gogh Museum, how long it takes to get there, how much time we should allow for a museum visit, etc.?

Thanks~

We'll be there in a few weeks (prior to 9/24). Would anyone be able to tell me how far it is from where the ships dock to the Van Gogh Museum, how long it takes to get there, how much time we should allow for a museum visit, etc.?

 

Thanks~

You can take tram #26 (tram stop right outside cruise terminal) to central station (about 5 mins to station). From Central station, take either Tram 2 (towards Nieuw Sloten) or Tram 5 (towards Amstelveen Binnenhof) to the Van Baerlestraat stop (about another 5 mins). Very easy, very quick.

How much time you allow for a visit depends on how much you like Van Gogh...IMHO, there is a lot to see there including many of his papers.

jill