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Visiting the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam – Tickets and Opening Hours

June 13, 2023 by Henk Bekker in Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands

Tickets for the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam must be bought online in advance — tickets are no longer sold at the museum itself.

Buy tickets for the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam in advance online or take a guided tour for easy admission

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has the largest collection worldwide of artworks and letters by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. This art gallery claims to be the most-visited museum in the Netherlands and is clearly a must-see site for many visitors to Holland. Queues used to be the norm but tickets are now only sold online and with specific entry times. Buy time-slot reservation tickets online before arriving at the museum. Even visitors qualifying for free (e.g. museum card, iAmsterdam card, and children) or discount tickets must get timed tickets in advance too. Tickets are no longer sold directly at the Van Gogh Museum itself.

Van Gogh Museum Opening Hours 2023: The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is usually open daily from 09:00 to 18:00 but usually closes at 17:00 in most of November to February. Opening hours are longer in the high season and during school holidays. Although the number of tickets sold is limited, early morning remains the best time to visit this museum. (Small savings on combination tickets with the Rijksmuseum and canal boat cruises are usually available.) Special exhibitions are always included in the regular museum ticket price. Children are admitted free while students pay half price on most weekdays.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

Self Portrait with grey felt hat, Vincent van Gogh 1887

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is home to around 200 paintings, 400 drawings, and 700 letters by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. The museum also has a large collection of works by Van Gogh’s contemporaries and works that influenced his own style, including his collection of Japanese prints.

The artworks on display change often with the permanent collection frequently enhanced by loaned works as well as temporary exhibitions. The temporary exhibitions are usually of exceptional quality and included in the general admission ticket.

The visitor entrance to the Van Gogh Museum is between the main Rietveld Building and the oval Kurokawa Wing, which is usually used for temporary displays. This new building improves the visitor’s experience but changing to only online time-slot tickets in 2018 finally cut down the endless queues of visitors trying to enter the museum each day. The reserved time slot is for admission at the main doors — once inside, visitors may visit the main museum and temporary exhibitions in any order.

Buying Tickets for the Van Gogh Museum

Some of the last works painted by Vincent van Gogh on display in the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam

Admission tickets for the Van Gogh Museum are currently €20 (free for children under 18, if not part of a school group). Students pay €10 but only on weekdays excluding public and school holidays, i.e. most of the summer and Christmas holidays. No other age-related discounts are offered. Ticket prices may be higher with some temporary exhibitions, which are always included in the ticket price. Separate tickets are not available for the main museum or the special exhibitions. The Dutch Museum Card (Museumkaart) and iAmsterdam Card are accepted (but getting a free e-ticket with a time-slot reservation online is essential).

Tickets are only available online and are no longer sold at the museum itself. All Van Gogh Museum tickets are time-slot tickets with a specific 30-minute admission window. (It is not valid after this half-hour but if you miss it, it may still be worth a try.)

The cheapest online tickets are from the museum shop or from Get Your Guide. Resellers often offer small discounts if tickets are combined with further sights such as the Rijksmuseum or the MOCO. Get Your Guide usually has the best and easiest cancellation and refund options. Guided tours are also available.

It is essential that children and bearers of the Museumkaart or other discount vouchers also obtain timed e-tickets online for free (or with a discount depending on the offer).

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Opening Hours of the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam

A lesser-known Van Gogh - skeleton smoking.

Opening hours of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam change frequently but usually only by an hour or so. This is less of an issue since time-slot tickets are essential to visit the museum

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is open daily (low season sometimes closed on Monday) at a minimum from 9 am to 5 pm (10 am to 6 pm on weekends). During the high season (usually Easter to early November), the Van Gogh Museum closes at 6 pm (10 pm on Friday). During the summer holidays from mid-July to early September, the Van Gogh Museum is open from 9 am to 7 pm, closing at 9 pm on Saturday and 10 pm on Friday.

The best times to visit the Van Gogh Museum are right at opening (try to finish a visit before 11 am) and late afternoon (enter after 15:00). The museum is very busy from around 11:00 to 15:00, especially on weekends and during vacations. Friday evenings are often lively with musical programs.

The Van Gogh Museum is at the heart of Amsterdam’s Museum District – the Stedelijk Museum (modern art), MOCO with Banksy Exhibition, and Rijksmuseum are in the immediate vicinity, as are Vondel Park, the Zuiderbad swimming pool, and the ever popular Heineken Experience.

The second-largest Vincent van Gogh collection in the world is in the Kröller-MĂĽller Museum in Otterlo – around an hour to the east of Amsterdam — day-trip tours are available in the high season.

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Filed Under: Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands Tagged With: 2023J6, Amsterdam, Holland, J1, J2023, Museum, Museumkaart, North Holland, P21, The Netherlands, Van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh

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