Museum
Amsterdam Tulip Museum
11 locals recommend,
Tips from locals
Willemijn
June 4, 2018
Located in the Jordaan district, exclusive bulbs and souvenirs
Babette
October 20, 2015
Tulips... need I say more? They also sell tulips here
Evy
July 19, 2017
Amsterdam Tulip Museum The miniscule but informative Tulip Museum is just across Prinsengracht canal from the Anne Frank House and has recently has a major revamp. The all-new displays take a colourful and cheery look at Amsterdam’s obsession with tulips in the 17th century, when the bulbs were imported from the Himalayas and sold on the open market in The Netherlands. For years they were more highly prized than gold and prices became so over-inflated that the country nearly went bankrupt when trade in the bulbs collapsed in 1637. This sorry tale of national folly is related in a series of basement exhibitions alongside cleverly designed woodcuts showing the journey of tulips ...
Amsterdam Tulip Museum The miniscule but informative Tulip Museum is just across Prinsengracht canal from the Anne Frank House and has recently has a major revamp. The all-new displays take a colourful and cheery look at Amsterdam’s obsession with tulips in the 17th century, when the bulbs were impo…
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