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The Anatomy Lesson of 8
Dr Jan Deijman
Fire destroyed most of this painting by
Rembrandt in 1723, but the frontal
perspective of the remaining
group is still remarkable (right).
Turbo 2
Shell
5 De Witkar
Key to Floorplan
Ground floor
First floor
Second floor
9 1 Terrestrial and
The Gouden Celestial Globes
Leeuw on
the IJ by 4 Ceremonial Keys
Amsterdam to the City
6
Wedding Rings of
Amsterdam’s First
0 Married Gay Couple
Dr F M 3 Dam Square
Wibaut 8 The
Anatomy
Lesson of
Dr Jan
Deijman
7
Bird’s-Eye Dr F M Wibaut 0
View of
Amsterdam This powerful bronze head
(above) was made in 1934 by Tjipke
Visser, favourite sculptor of the Social
The Gouden Leeuw on
9 The subject was Floor Wibaut, SDAP
Democratic Workers’ Party (SDAP).
the IJ by Amsterdam
Willem van de Velde’s painting (1686) Councillor for housing in the 1920s,
shows the Gouden Leeuw with a view who dedicated himself to building new
of Amsterdam across the IJ. apartments for the working class.
NEED TO KNOW • It may help to start your beginnings as a trading
MAP M4 • Kalverstraat sightseeing here to better port to the modern day –
92; Sint Luciënsteeg 27 understand the city when is housed on the first floor.
• 020 523 1822 • www. you begin to explore. “Het Kleine Weeshuis” (The
amsterdammuseum.nl • The 45-minute Little Orphanage) is on the
Amsterdam DNA is a ground floor, portraying
Open 10am–5pm Mon– must (see p32). the museum’s former life.
Sun • Closed 1 Jan, 27 Apr, • Don’t miss the The permanent exhibition
25 Dec is displayed on all three
delightful façade
Admission: €12; stones set into the floors, with a temporary
children 5–18 €6 wall of the museum in exhibition space on the
(under 5s free) St Luciënsteeg. ground floor. The Civic
Guards Gallery is located
• Café Mokum is inside Museum Guide by the entrance. There is
Joost Bilhamer’s Amsterdam DNA – the wheelchair access at the
Kalverstraat entrance. story of the city from its St Luciënsteeg entrance.

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