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2 Coster Diamonds CANAL
Diamonds have been cut, polished and RING
sold at Coster since 1840. The firm now
occupies three splendid adjoining villas,
built on Museum plein in 1896. MUSEUM
QUARTER

Locator Map
See Street Finder map 4
Lines of light along
the ground H O B B E M A S T R A A T

H O N T H O R S T S T R
Pond/ ice rink

1 . Rijksmuseum
The heavily ornamented
Neo-Gothic Rijksmuseum
holds the magnificent
Dutch national art
collection of some 5,000
A A T paintings, 30,000 pieces of
applied art and 17,000
historical artifacts.

M U S E U M P L E I N J O H A N N E S V E R M E E R S T R

The Rijksmuseum is
surrounded by gardens
The Ravensbrück that contain statuary.
monument commem- This weathered bronze
orates women victims of Mercury, designed
of the Holocaust. by Ferdinand Leenhoff
(1841–1914), is found
Key 0 metres 50 in the southeast garden.
Recommended route 0 yards 50

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