The Museum card (Dutch: "Museumkaart") is a personal card that allows free entrance to about 400 museums in the Netherlands. As of 2016, the card costs €59.90 (including €4.95 administrative expenses) for adults, and is valid for one year. A discounted card is available for youth under age 19, costing €32.45 (including €4.95 administrative expenses).
In 2013, there were more than 900,000 Museum Cardholders. In 2011, over 23% of the visitors to the affiliated museums were Museum Cardholders (4.3 million to 18.1 million).
Conditions
Het gaat goed met de Museumkaart - Het gaat goed met de Museumkaart in de zomer van 2016. Met ruim 1,2 miljoen kaarthouders die 8,3 miljoen keer naar ruim 420 musea gaan.
The Museum card is available at many of the larger participating museums, and it can also be purchased online. Museumkaart holders may register to receive a monthly digital magazine Museumkaart exclusive offers.
Buying the card online is only possible with a Dutch IBAN and a Dutch address. If you buy it from a museum you only get a temporary card for 31 days. You then have to upload a photo online. The 1 year card will then only be sent to a Dutch address.
Although most museums offer free entry to Museumkaart holders, some museums charge a small fee. Additionally, some museums charge an additional fee for special exhibitions but not to the general collection.
Mission
The Museumkaart aims to promote the repeat visits and to increase the bond between museums and their (potential) visitors. The (Dutch) Museum Association is the publisher of the Museumkaart. The operation of the card is housed in the Museum Card Foundation (SMK), which also organizes the Museum Weekend and supports the marketing of affiliated museums. The income of the Museumkaart foundation benefits the participating museums. Affiliated museums are recognized in the Dutch Museum Register and are members of the Dutch Museum Association.
Participating museums
The Museumkaart is available to buy at many of the participating museums below. It is noteworthy that the main web page of the Museumkaart is available in Dutch only and it does not provide any translation.
Amsterdam
In Amsterdam, the participating museums are as follows. Many of these museums are part of the Official Museums of Amsterdam, including the Cobra Museum (located in Amstelveen) and the Zaans Museum (located in Zaandam).
- Allard Pierson Museum
- Amsterdam City Archives
- Amsterdam Museum
- Biblical Museum/Cromhout houses
- de Appel
- De Burcht / Vakbondsmuseum
- Diamond Museum Amsterdam
- The Dutch Maritime Museum
- EnergeticA
- Eye
- Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
- Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen
- Hermitage Amsterdam
- Museum Het Schip
- National Holocaust Memorial, Hollandsche Schouwberg
- Huis Marseille
- Jewish Historical Museum
- JHM Children’s Museum
- Max Eeuwe Centrum
- Multatuli Museum
- NEMO
- Nieuwe Kerk
- Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
- Oude Kerk
- Pijpenkabinet & Smokiana
- Portuguese Synagogue
- Press Museum
- Rembrandt House Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Royal Palace of Amsterdam
- Special collections at the Amsterdam University Library
- Stedelijk Museum
- Theatermuseum / Theater Instituut Nederland
- Museum tot zover
- Museum of the Tropics
- Van Gogh Museum
- Museum Van Loon
- Verzetsmuseum
- Museum Willet-Holthuysen
Rotterdam
- Belasting and Douane Museum
- Chabot Museum
- Het Nieuwe Instituut
- Kunsthal Rotterdam
- Nederlands Fotomuseum
- Netherlands Architecture Institute
- Mariniersmuseum
- Maritiem Museum
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
- Museum Rotterdam
- TENT Rotterdam
- Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum
- Wereldmuseum
- Witte de With
Utrecht
- Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht
- Basis voor Actuele Kunst, (BAK)
- Botanische Tuinen, Utrecht
- Centraal Museum, Utrecht
- Museum Catharijneconvent
- Museum Speelklok
- Nederlands Volksburrtmuseum
- Train Museum, Utrecht
- Sonnenborgh
- Spoorwegmuseum
- Universiteitsmuseum, Utrecht
The Hague
- De Mesdag Collectie
- Fotomuseum de Haag
- Gem
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Municipal Museum)
- Museum de Gevangenpoort (Prison Gate Museum)
- Haags Historisch Museum (Hague Historical Museum)
- Humanity House
- Kinderboekenmuseum
- Letterkundig Museum
- Louis Couperus Museum
- Louwman Museum
- Mauritshuis, The Hague
- Museon, The Hague
- Museum Beelden aan Zee
- Museum Bredius
- Museum Meermanno
- Museum voor Communicatie
- Nationaal Archief
- Panorama Mesdag
Haarlem
- Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
- Teylers Museum, Haarlem
- Historisch Museum Haarlem
- Museum De Hallen, Haarlem
Leiden
- Boerhaave Museum, Leiden
- National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden (Homepage)
- National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden (Homepage)
- Naturalis, Leiden (Homepage)
- Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
Leeuwarden
- Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
- Princessehof, Leeuwarden (Homepage)
Elsewhere
In other parts of the Netherlands:
- Kaas(Cheese) Museum, Alkmaar
- Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Alkmaar
- Cobra Museum, Amstelveen (Homepage)
- Museum Jan van der Jogt, Amstelveen
- Drents Museum, Assen (Homepage)
- Museum Klok en Peel, Asten
- Kranenburgh, Bergen
- Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal
- Titus Brandsma Museum, Bolsward
- Museeaquarium Delfzijl, Delfzijl
- Prinsenhof, Delft
- Schatkamer van Deventer, Deventer
- Het Dordts Particiërshuis, Dordecht
- Historisch Museum Ede, Ede
- Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- Streekmuseum de Schippersbeurs, Elsloo
- Flessenscheepjes Museum, Enkhuizen
- RijksmuseumTwenthe, Enschede (Homepage)
- Twentsewelle, Enschede
- Museum Martena, Franeker
- Museum ‘De Roos’, Geertruidenberg
- Museum Opsterlän, Gorredijk
- Graafs Museum, Grave
- Groninger Museum, Groningen (Homepage)
- Museum de Koperen Kop, Hardinxveld-Giessendam
- Thermenmuseum, Heerlen
- Halve Maen, Hoorn
- Het Bolwerk, Ijzendijke
- Stedelijk Museum Kampen, Kampen
- Discovery Center Continium, Kerkade
- Naturalis, Leiden
- Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden
- Aviodrome (Aviation museum), Lelystad (Homepage)
- Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (Homepage)
- Museum Betje Wolff, Middenbeemster
- Waterlandsmuseum Speeltoren, Monnickendam
- Comenius Museum, Naarden
- Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen
- Museum Noordwijk, Noordwijk
- Airborne Museum Hartenstein, Oosterbeek
- Speelgoed Museum op Stelten, Oosterhout
- Brabants Museum Oud-Oosterhout, Oosterhout
- Openluchtmuseum Ootmarsum Het Land van Heeren en Boeren, Ootmarsum
- Kaap Sil, Museum van Jutters en Zee, Oudeschild
- Slot Loevestein, Poederoijen
- Museum Slager, 'S-Hertogenbosch
- Flipje- en Streekmuseum Tiel, Tiel
- Museum Het Oude Raadhuis, Urk
- Miramar Zeemuseum, Vledder
- National Monument Kamp Vught, Vught
- Zaanse Schans, Zaanstad
- Stadskasteel, Zaltbommel
- Stadsmuseum Woerden, Woerden
See also
- International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- List of museums in the Netherlands
- Official Museums of Amsterdam
References
External links
- Museumkaart Official website
