Amsterdam Trip Overview
Experience the Golden Age of Amsterdam with admission to the Portuguese Synagogue, home to one of the city’s most exquisitely preserved 17th-century interiors. Learn about Amsterdam’s Jewish heritage though with an audio headset while exploring this Sephardic place of worship. Marvel at its series of 72 cast-iron, arched windows and view the woman’s gallery, home to12 towering pillars that stand for the 12 tribes of Israel. Your ticket provides additional admission to several of the other Jewish Cultural Quarter’s most important sites.
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Duration: 30 to 90 minutes
Starts: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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What to Expect When Visiting Amsterdam, North Holland Province, The Netherlands
Experience the Golden Age of Amsterdam with admission to the Portuguese Synagogue, home to one of the city’s most exquisitely preserved 17th-century interiors. Learn about Amsterdam’s Jewish heritage though with an audio headset while exploring this Sephardic place of worship. Marvel at its series of 72 cast-iron, arched windows and view the woman’s gallery, home to12 towering pillars that stand for the 12 tribes of Israel. Your ticket provides additional admission to several of the other Jewish Cultural Quarter’s most important sites.
Visit: Joods Historisch Museum, Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1, 1011 PL Amsterdam The Netherlands
The Jewish Historical Museum is a beautiful, high-profile museum that occupies four monumental synagogue buildings in the middle of the Jewish Cultural Quarter. It provides a unique picture of past and present Dutch Jewish life in all its facets. The museum has an extensive collection of items ranging from paintings to films, and from utensils to 3D presentations. At any one time there are also two temporary exhibitions on display.
Duration: 1 hour
Visit: Portuguese Synagogue, Mr. Visserplein 3, 1011 RD Amsterdam The Netherlands
At the heart of the Jewish Cultural Quarter stands the majestic Portuguese Synagogue. The building is still used for religious services, but it is also open to the public. It hosts frequent candlelight concerts. Hundreds of candles illuminate the perfectly intact 17th-century interior. Visitors to the smaller buildings in the complex will find treasure chambers containing a unique collection of ceremonial objects made of silver, gold, brocade, and silk. The world’s oldest functioning Jewish library is also here: Ets Haim Livraria Montezinos, which is on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Duration: 30 minutes
Visit: JHM Children’s Museum, Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1, 1011 PL Amsterdam The Netherlands
The Children’s Museum is a museum created especially for younger visitors inside the Jewish Historical Museum. Here children can get to know something about Jewish life and Jewish tradition in an entertaining way. The museum’s interior is set up like the home of Jewish family. Every day children can bake mini-hallahs (braided bread rolls) in the kosher kitchen, learn a bit of Hebrew in the study, or play tunes together in the music room.
Duration: 30 minutes
