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  2. List of tourist attractions in Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    Royal Palace of Amsterdam Amsterdam, one of Europe's capitals, has many attractions for visitors. The city's most famous sight is the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: grachtengordel), located in the heart of Amsterdam, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Museums Main article: List of museums in Amsterdam Nemo museum in Amsterdam The Rijksmuseum is the national museum ...

  3. Naturalis Biodiversity Center - Wikipedia

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    In 2010 the National Museum of Natural History (Naturalis) further combined with the Zoological Museum Amsterdam (ZMA) of the University of Amsterdam, and the Dutch National Herbaria at the universities of Leiden, Amsterdam and Wageningen, to form the Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit (NCB Naturalis).

  4. Official Museums of Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    The present chair is Tonko Grever and the vice-chair is Judikje Kiers (director of Amsterdam Museum). The 'official' museums of Amsterdam actually do not exist. The name is a misleading translation of the unofficial name of an unincorporated meeting club of mostly government subsidized museums who co-ordinate their marketing to monopolize ...

  5. NEMO (museum) - Wikipedia

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    NEMO Science Museum (from Latin: Nemo, lit. 'Nobody') is a science centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the Oosterdokseiland neighbourhood in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg. The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed by Renzo Piano since 1997. [5]

  6. Category : Natural history museums in the Netherlands

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    Maastricht Natural History Museum; Museon; Museonder; N. ... Zoological Museum Amsterdam This page was last edited on 29 April 2022, at 00:39 (UTC). Text ...

  7. Mount maker - Wikipedia

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    Mount maker welding together a new mount. A mount maker is responsible for the creation of structures called object mounts used to provide unobtrusive physical support, stability, and security of objects while on display, in storage, or being transported to museums, art galleries, libraries, archives, botanical gardens or other cultural institutions.

  8. Gable stone - Wikipedia

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    Gable stones (Dutch: gevelstenen) are carved and often colourfully painted stone tablets, which are set into the walls of buildings, usually at about 4 metres from the ground. They serve both to identify and embellish the building. They are also called "stone tablets" by the Rijksmuseum, which sometimes appends "from a facade". A "wall stone ...

  9. Rijksmuseum - Wikipedia

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    The Rijksmuseum (Dutch: [ˈrɛiksmyˌzeːjʏm] ⓘ) is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. [6] [7] The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw.