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Amsterdam Museum Rooms

Regents’ Chamber, decorated as it was in the 17th century
Room 1.4: The
Regents’ Chamber
1 7
18th Century
The orphanage governors
met in this 17th-century room, The 18th century saw the decline of
maintained in the original Old Amsterdam and, ultimately, the
Holland style. Republic’s defeat by the French. A
highlight is the museum’s collection
Civic Guard Gallery
2 of 18th-century miniature silver toys.
This high, glassed-over gallery
Room 15: 19th-Century
displays Amsterdam group portraits 8
– from famous Dutch footballers to Cabinet
the city’s 17th-century militia. There was a 19th-century trend for
rich industrialists to collect art.
Temporary Exhibition
3 These important collections helped
Space
est ablish the public ownership of art.
Once used to house a girls’ refectory
Room 2.1: Amsterdam
and needlework rooms, it is now 9
used for temporary exhibitions. 1940–1945
A room devoted to memorabilia of
Room 0.5: Turbulent
4 the German occupation.
Times
Room 2.4: Café ’t Mandje
Displays from the late 16th century 0
include the Civic Guard’s Italian- A reconstruction of leather-
made armour, and silver that clad motorbiker Bet van Beeren’s
escaped melting down for “crisis famous café on Zeedijk – the first
coins” in 1578. where patrons could be openly gay.
Room 0.3: The Dam
5 Museum 0
The bustling heart of the
Floorplan
city was a popular subject in
17th-century paintings like 9
Lingelbach’s Dam Square with the 7
New Town Hall under Construction. 6 8
Amsterdam DNA
6 2 5
This 3D exhibition takes
visitors on a 45-minute historical Key Ground floor

tour of Amsterdam, telling the First floor
multifaceted story of the city. Second floor 1 4 3
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Date 28th January 2015
Size 100mm x 191mm