Van Gogh Museum

Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Randstad, Netherlands | Art Gallery

A visit to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, is a unique experience. The museum contains the largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh in the world. Van Gogh Museum provides the opportunity to keep track of the artist's developments, or compare his paintings to works by other artists from the 19th century in the collection. The museum also holds an extensive offer of exhibitions on various subjects from 19th-century art history.
In addition to work by Van Gogh, the museum has a rich and varied collection of other 19th-century art. The artists represented include Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and others, Van Gogh?s friends and contemporaries, those who inspired him, and those who drew inspiration from him.
The Van Gogh Museum first opened its doors in 1973 in Amsterdam, North Holland. The building, designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld, houses the world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh, some 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters, as well as the artist's own collection of Japanese prints.
The museum?s core collection was originally in the possession of Theo van Gogh, Vincent?s younger brother.

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Museumplein
Amsterdam
North Holland
Netherlands
+31 (0)20 570 5200
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Art Gallery
Unique Experience
Largest Collection Paintings
Extensive Exhibitions
Various Subjects
Permanent Collections

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