Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam
Rembrandt museum focussed on home, life and work
There is something special about the Rembrandthuis Museum being that it is located in the significant building of this artists life. It is amazing to see beautiful paintings on large museum walls, but the atmosphere you can feel and the living history you can walk through here, can be as priceless as the paintings themselves.
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Rembrandthuis is where Rembrandt lived and worked for 20 years in central Amsterdam
Museum het Rembrandthuis location
Rembrandt House is located in central Amsterdam. You can reach it easily on foot (around 15 minutes from Central Station) or use Waterlooplein/Nieuwmarkt stop for Tram 7 or 14 or Metro 51, 53 and 54.
Visitor Address: Jodenbreestraat 4, 1011 NK Amsterdam
Rembrandt House Museum Tickets
Tickets need to be purchased in advance to keep visitors to a safe number. The original house sits next door to a modern building where some of Rembrandt’s work is on display. You can use our link below to pre-purchase your ticket and choose your time slot.
Entrance Fees to Rembrandt House 2024
Adults: €19.50
Children aged 6-17: €6
Students/CJP/ISIC Card: €10
Free entry for under 6’s and holders of I Amsterdam City Card, MuseumCard, ICOM, BGL VIP, Friends of the Museum.
Rembrandt Museum Opening Times
Open daily: 10am – 6pm
Closed on 27th April and 25th December.
Is Rembrandt House worth visiting?
What we love about Rembrandt House Museum is that you can get a real sense of the artist by being in the very place he lived and worked. This does not mean that the art on show is his most well known by any stretch. You’ll need to go to the bigger museums to see those, such as the Night Watch at Rijksmuseum. But this museum focuses on Rembrandt’s life and work in this house.
History of Rembrandt home
The house was sold when Rembrandt went bankrupt in 1658 and all his possession went into auction. This auction actually helped create this museum as the auction list was able to be reconstructed to show his belongings in the house (albeit not his actual belongings, but ones that matched from that time). Rembrandt home has also had a reconstruction to show how it would have looked in Rembrandt’s time there, so you do feel like you are walking through a history of Amsterdam and Rembrandt at the same time.
What is there to see in Rembrandt House
There are old etching technique demonstrations during the day and sometimes demonstrations of 17th century paint mixing also take place (do make a note of the timings of these, as the house can get busy and if you are in the wrong part of it you’ll find it harder to return to the demonstration area).
As you explore all the rooms and see how Rembrandt lived and worked, you’ll also discover a large collection of Rembrandt’s etchings and paintings by Rembrandt’s contemporaries, pupils and even his teacher.
Throughout the year temporary exhibitions focus on one aspect of Rembrandt’s work and add more value to the whole experience. Anyone interested in art or great figures in history will enjoy a visit to Rembrandt House.
If you have the I Amsterdam City Card then entry to this museum is free, which makes it a definite must see, just remember to book your tickets online first and you can use the ‘I have a card’ option. Learn more about the I Amsterdam City Card.
