The ship Amsterdam
A full East India replica boarded and lived.
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The National Maritime Museum tells the story of the Netherlands, which is the story of the sea: a small nation become the world's greatest naval and trading power, its fleet ruling the oceans in the seventeenth century. It fills the huge 1656 Admiralty warehouse on the harbour, with a courtyard under a stunning star-patterned glass roof that has become an architectural icon. Its star is moored at its quay: a full-size replica of the Dutch East India Company ship Amsterdam — you board it and descend into its holds, living the seafaring life that built the nation's wealth. Inside are rare navigation maps, ship models, cannon, sea-battle paintings, and interactive wings for children about voyages and storms. It explains the Golden Age from its true angle — the sea — and completes the Rijks perfectly. For families the ship alone earns the visit.
A full East India replica boarded and lived.
A star-patterned glass dome over the courtyard — an architectural gem.
Rare navigation charts by which the Dutch mapped the world.
Kattenburgerplein 1, 1018 Amsterdam
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