Het Scheepvaartmuseum

The National Maritime Museum (Dutch: Het Scheepvaartmuseum, pronounced [ət ˈsxeːpfaːrtmyˌzeːjʏm]) is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

National Maritime Museum
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Location within the centre of Amsterdam
Established1916 (1916)
LocationKattenburgerplein 1
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates52°22′18″N 4°54′53″E
TypeMaritime museum
Visitors300,000 (2015)
DirectorJ.H. Gerson (ad interim)
PresidentVacancy
Websitewww.hetscheepvaartmuseum.com

The museum had 419,060 visitors in 2012. It ranked as 11th most visited museum in the Netherlands in 2013. The museum had 300,000 visitors in 2015. In 2017 the museum received 350,000 visitors.

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