Van Gogh Museum
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Why go
- The Potato Eaters (De aardappeleters), shown close up in the permanent collection.
- Sunflowers (Zonnebloemen), on show inside, and sunflowers outside the entrance in season.
- The Bedroom (De slaapkamer), shown alongside Sunflowers and Almond Blossom.
- One hundred Yoshitoshi prints that keep returning to the moon, by the last great master and renewer of woodblock printing.
Plan your visit
Prices
From the venue's website · checked 27 Oct 2026
Opening hours
Today09:00 – 18:00Show all
Don't miss
- Almond Blossom (Amandelbloesem)Shown in the permanent collection with The Potato Eaters and Sunflowers.Rietveld main building, on MuseumpleinPermanent collection On the map
- Het gele huis (The Yellow House)Among the famous works on show here, with The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers and The Bedroom.In the museum, on MuseumpleinOn show On the map
- The elliptical Kurokawa wingElliptical concrete, faced with natural stone and titanium, half sunk into Museumplein.Linked to the main building by an underground passageMainly temporary exhibitions On the map
- The Rietveld main buildingConcrete and glass, with rooms arranged around a central void.On Museumplein, Oud-ZuidPermanent collection On the map
Know before you go
- Open 09:00 to 18:00 on Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
- On Fridays it is open 09:00 to 21:00.
- Tickets are sold online only, at tickets.vangoghmuseum.nl.
- Everyone needs a timed entry ticket, with a start time, to get in.
- Visitors holding a free-entry card still need a free timed ticket, booked online.
- One entrance ticket covers the permanent collection and the temporary exhibitions on show.
- Tickets can sell out weeks ahead in busy periods, so book early.
- Buy only through the official site or official resellers. Criminals are active on other ticket platforms, which may sell fake tickets.
- Telephone: +31 20 570 5200.
What's inside
- Ground floor: a shop, a café and an introductory exhibition.
- Rietveld main building, four floors high: the permanent collection.
- First floor: Van Gogh's works, grouped in chronological order.
- Third floor: paintings by Van Gogh's contemporaries, hung beside his work.
- Underground passage linking the two buildings; it has been the main entrance since 2015.
- Sculptures and paintings by Rodin, Monet, Manet, Gauguin, Seurat and Toulouse-Lautrec.
- Drawings and most of Van Gogh's letters, mainly those written to Theo, are kept here.
- A library of more than 23,000 titles on Van Gogh and other artists.
With kids
- Every visitor, children included, needs a ticket with a start time to enter.
Tips for your visit
- Pick the audio tour in your language. It helps you follow Van Gogh's life and paintings.
- The museum's programme includes a show of one hundred prints that keep returning to the moon.
- Yoshitoshi, seen as the last great master and renewer of woodblock printing, is featured in the museum's programme.
Tours and audio guides
- Audio guide
- Your chosen language · included in the 28.75 EUR adult ticket It deepens understanding of Van Gogh's life and paintings. Admission without it costs 25 EUR.
Interesting facts4
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Van Gogh sold very few paintings during his lifetime.
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The concrete cladding was made to look like broken stone, which later caused serious problems inside.
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2017
In 2017 the museum drew 2.3 million visitors, the most-visited museum in the Netherlands.
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1888
Its collection includes works made in Arles in 1888–1889.
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Shorts
History
After Theo van Gogh, an art dealer, died, his widow Johanna van Gogh-Bonger organised the first exhibitions and made the painter known to a wider public. The family then sold the collection to the Dutch state, on one condition: that it be housed in a museum devoted to Van Gogh. Martien van Goor remodelled the main building while Kisho Kurokawa's new wing was built. The 1991 theft was the largest art theft in the Netherlands since the Second World War. Both paintings stolen in 2002 were found again in 2016 in a villa in Italy.
- 1890Van Gogh dies, leaving about 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings to his brother Theo.
- 1960The Vincent van Gogh Foundation is founded and receives the collection.
- 1962The family sells the whole collection to the Dutch state for 15 million guilders.
- 1973The museum opens to the public in Gerrit Rietveld's main building.
- 1991Twenty paintings are stolen, The Potato Eaters among them. All are recovered 35 minutes after the theft, from an abandoned car.
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- 1999Kisho Kurokawa's elliptical wing for temporary exhibitions opens.
- 2002Two paintings are stolen in a break-in.
- 2013The museum reopens after its renovation.
Sources: Van Gogh Museum - Wikipedia · Amsterdam/Zuid - Wikivoyage (see) · The Museum about Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam … · Het museum over Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam -… · Tickets and Ticket Prices - Van Gogh Museum · Van Gogh Museum - Wikipedia · Musée Van-Gogh - Wikipedia · Van Gogh Museum - Wikipedia · Van Gogh Museum: prices, visitor information (i… · checked 17 Oct 2026
- Website
- vangoghmuseum.nl/nl
- Phone
- +31205705200
Questions and answers
Is there a current exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum?
The museum has a current show of one hundred prints that keep returning to the moon, by the woodblock master Yoshitoshi. For the programme and dates, check tickets.vangoghmuseum.nl.
How do I phone the Van Gogh Museum?
Call +31 20 570 5200.
Who runs the Van Gogh Museum?
The museum is under state supervision. The Dutch state bought the whole collection from the Van Gogh family in 1962.
How do I get to the Van Gogh Museum by public transport?
Take tram 2, 5 or 24, or bus 357 or 397, to Museumplein, where the museum stands.
Does the Van Gogh Museum have The Starry Night?
No. The Starry Night is not among its paintings.
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