Museumkaart – The Dutch Museum Card

If you like to spend time in museums and historical attractions in the Netherlands, I have a deal for you. The Museumkaart can be purchased at most of the attractions where it is accepted and it will get you in to these places for FREE for 365 days. In some of the more popular attractions, like the Van Gogh museum, you get to join the people in the “skip the line” line too. The price is worth it in my opinion. You can do the math for the attractions you’re most interested in.

The website is easy to navigate, click Zoeken to pull up the search bar. You can search by province, or by a nearby city (in de buurt van). There are check boxes for the type of attraction. You can also choose to only see where the card gets you in free, where it offers a discount, or where you can actually buy the card (verkooppunt). Search around the local area and big cities, you might be surprised by what the card offers. I’ve compiled a list below of some of my favorites, along with the usual adult price without a discount.

Museumkaart Price
Adults: 54,95 euro
Children (18 years and younger): 27,50 euro

Free with Museumkaart
Underlined names sell the card on site

Nearby
Continuum, Kerkrade (Closed until Oct 2015)
Schunck, Heerlen €5
Thermenmuseum, Heerlen €6,75
Kasteel Hoensbroek, Hoensbroek €8,25
Romeinse Katakombien, Valkenburg an de Geul €7,50
Museum Abdijkerk, Thorn €3
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht €6
Limburgs Museum, Venlo €11

Amsterdam
Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam (Royal Palace) €10
Amsterdam Museum €11
Rijksmuseum €15
Museum het Rembranthuis €12.50
Hermitage Amsterdam €15
Van Gogh Museum €15
Science Center NEMO €15
Anne Frank Huis €9
Ons’ Lieve Heer Op Solder (Hidden church in a canal house) €8

Den Haag
Mauritshuis €14
Botanische Tuin (Garden) Tu Delft €2
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag €14,50
Louwman Museum (Cars) €14

Others
Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels (Planes from WW2), Best €6,50
Nederlands Openluchtmuseum (Open air museum), Arnhem €15,70
Kasteel de Haar, Haarzuilens €14