Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Het Scheepvaartmuseum, also known as the National Maritime Museum, is a museum soaked in Dutch history. The Netherlands has a long maritime history. During the Dutch golden age no nation had as many ships as the Netherlands and the nation dominated naval warfare and the Asian trade.

The Scheepvaartmuseum is arguably the best museum in Amsterdam if you are interested in the Dutch golden age, in which the Dutch republic laid the foundation for the enlightenment and became the richest nation on earth. If you wish to experience how life was on a Dutch East India Company trade ship, see old world maps, beautiful paintings of legendary officers and their sea battles, ship decorations, old weapons and much more you will be delighted here.