Look here for answers to frequently asked questions about visits, safety and hygiene measures, the exhibition program and the accessibility of the library, restaurant, and museum shop.

Opening Hours & Prices

The Stedelijk is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm, 365 days a year, also during the holidays. Tickets are valid the whole day, and you can walk in any time between 10 am and 5.45 pm.

The admission price for students is € 10,-. Student cards from all countries are allowed. Entrance to the Stedelijk is free for children and young people under the age of 19. We recommend booking a (free) ticket online before you visit to skip any queues at the counter. When booking your tickets online, choose one of the options CJP/Student/19- in our ticketshop.

The museum does not have a priority lane. Do you have a Museumkaart or other discount card*? Then you can walk straight to the admission check without a reservation, unless a start time is required. Tickets (with or without start time) are exclusively available online through our website. Only Stedelijk Members do not need to book a start time. Don't forget to bring your discount card to the museum.

*Museumkaart, Friends of the Stedelijk Museum, Young Stedelijk Members, Rembrandtkaart, ICOM, Stadspas, Iamsterdam City Card, Amsterdam Pass, Holland Pass, Stedelijk Lerarenpas, VriendenLoterij VIP-KAART.

We expect some exhibitions to be very popular and want to provide a good experience for everyone. That is why there are only tickets with start time for these exhibitions. Your start time indicates when you can enter the exhibition. Then you can stay as long as you want. You can also visit the rest of the museum outside your time slot.

Some exhibitions are extra costly for the museum. Therefore, a surcharge is necessary. You will only have to pay this surcharge once. You will receive a voucher/sticker with the surcharge. If you visit the museum again during this period, you can bring the voucher/sticker, and you won't have to pay the surcharge again.

Tickets

We warmly welcome you to the Stedelijk Museum! To ensure a smooth visit, we would like to inform you that tickets are exclusively available online through our website. You can book your ticket via the green button at the top of the web page. 

It is possible to book a free online ticket before you visit the museum. This also goes for visitors with a Museumkaart, another discount card, or valid entrance ticket*. Select the option 'Entrance Museumkaart' or 'I already have an entrance ticket/card/voucher'. You can also walk straight to the admission check without a reservation, unless a start time is required. Only Stedelijk Members do not need to book a start time. Don't forget to bring your discount card to the museum.

*Museumkaart, Friends of the Stedelijk Museum, Young Stedelijk Members, Rembrandtkaart, ICOM, Stadspas, Iamsterdam City Card, Amsterdam Pass, Holland Pass, Stedelijk Lerarenpas, VriendenLoterij VIP-KAART

For Members it is not necessary to book an online ticket (or start time) in advance. This applies to all types of Memberships (Vriend, Familievriend, Donateur, Young Stedelijk and Stedelijk Circle). Members of the Stedelijk also never need to pay a surcharge. Make sure to bring your personal membership card.

Marina Abramović

It is an exhibition of the work of Marina Abramović, she is not present in person. Marina Abramović does appear in many works in the exhibition. She herself will be present only during the opening, which is by invitation only. The exhibition includes many performances that she has performed in the past. They will now be performed by performers she has trained.

This is the largest retrospective of Marina Abramović to date, and a unique moment to see so much of her work. It is a costly exhibition for the museum, also because of the daily live performances the exhibition offers. Therefore, a surcharge is necessary. You will only have to pay this surcharge once. You will receive a voucher/sticker with the surcharge. If you visit the museum again during this period, you can bring the voucher/sticker, and you won't have to pay the surcharge again.

In principle, yes, although there are exemptions. The surcharge of 10 euro is required for adults and for visitors with cards like the Museumkaart, I Amsterdam City Card and GoCity Pass. Students and holders of the CJP-card pay half of the surcharge: 5 euro. The surcharge is not required for visitors under 19, holders of the Stadspas, Friends and Members of the Stedelijk, and a number of other cards. This also goes for a visitor that accompanies someone with reduced mobility. You can find the complete overview here.

All visitors are welcome to Marina Abramović's exhibition. This is a unique momentum in which a great part of her oeuvre and performances have been brought together that have never been shown in this way before. We expect the exhibition to be very popular and want to provide a good experience for everyone. That is why there are only tickets with time slots for this exhibition. Your time slot indicates when you can enter the exhibition. Then you can stay as long as you want. You can also visit the rest of the museum outside your time slot.

Visit and service

A supervised cloakroom is available for coats and small items of luggage. The museum does also provide the use of lockers. Handbags are permitted in the museum galleries (max. size A5). You may not bring backpacks and/or weekend cases into the museum. Lockerpoint at the Museumplein provides storage space for luggage.

Unfortunately, we can not take any large-sized luggage because of safety reasons. Handbags are permitted in the museum galleries (max. size A5). You may not bring backpacks and/or weekend cases into the museum. On the Museumsquare lockers for large-sized luggage are available. You can find them in the parking garage of Q-Park. Find more info on the website of Lockerpoint.

The shop is open and has the same opening hours as the museum (10 am - 6 pm). You do not need a ticket to visit the museum shop. 

The Stedelijk only accepts cashless payments via debit card, credit card or other electronic payment methods. In the museum shop, it is possible to pay with cash.

Usually the museum is less crowded on weekday mornings. With a Museumkaart or other discount card*, you can walk straight to the admission check without a reservation, unless a start time is required. Only Stedelijk Members do not need to book a start time. Don't forget to bring your discount card to the museum.

*Museumkaart, Friends of the Stedelijk Museum, Young Stedelijk Members, Rembrandtkaart, ICOM, Stadspas, Iamsterdam City Card, Amsterdam Pass, Holland Pass, Stedelijk Lerarenpas, VriendenLoterij VIP-KAART.

Safety & House Rules

Some works of art at the Stedelijk Museum contain explicit or graphic imagery that could be experienced as offensive. Although a certain amount of provocation is inherent to modern and contemporary art, the museum will make visitors aware of possible explicit imagery when relevant.

Yes. The museum provides free audio tours for the main and temporary exhibitions.

The audio tours are available in two languages (NL, EN).

You can collect the audio tour device from a number of prominent places in the museum. Do not forget to return the device to the same place after your visit.

You can also listen to the audio tours on your own mobile phone. Find a QR-code with a link and instructions on the cabinet where you can collect the audio tour or download the app in advance.

Accessibility

Yes. Please phone: +31 (0)20 5732 911 or email us at reserveringen@stedelijk.nl. The museum has four wheelchairs available for visitors, and several Alinkers (a stylish new kind of non-motorized mobility vehicle), which are specially designed mobility vehicles that look a little like a bicycle.

With the exception of registered service dogs, animals are not permitted in the museum.

The museum has lifts that are suitable for wheelchairs and also has toilets for people with physical disabilities. We also have plenty of staff in the entrance area who are ready to help visitors in wheelchairs who might need help to access the galleries. If you need assistance when leaving the museum, you only have to ask; our staff is happy to help.

For more information about our facilities for disabled visitors, please visit our Accessibility page. A special toilet route is available for visitors with a physical disability.

Exhibitions, Events & Collection

Yes, the museum hosts events regularly. Check out what's on here. To keep up with the latest news, you can sign up for our newsletter here.

Would you like to hire a venue at the museum to host an event. Get in touch and we’ll see what we can do for you. Click here for more information on hiring venues.

Yes, the collection presentation present about 850 different artworks. Some works in our collection, photographs, textiles, and works on paper, cannot be exhibited for longer than 3 consecutive months because they are too fragile. But the display always includes internationally famous artists and designers. The Stedelijk collection is large, and if a work is on loan to another institute, we can replace it with one of equal caliber.

Looking for a extraordinary location to host your event? The Stedelijk Museum offers you the possibility to welcome your guests in an exclusive, atmospheric and inspiring environment – completed with an internationally famous art collection within reach. 

Unfortunately, big events are not yet allowed, however, we can discuss the possibilities for an online event. Do you want to organize a meeting, an exhibition tour, or an event? Please contact us and we will customize this for you. E-mail us at evenementen@stedelijk.nl

School Visits

Yes, you can book an independent group visit. Independent group visits are possible on Tuesdays and Thursdays and on the time slots that we do not offer to other groups. The time slots appear automatically as available in the booking system when we close the bookings for the education programs. This always happens on the first day of the month. So, starting from the first of October, you can book an independent group visit on Tuesdays and Thursdays in November for the available time slots. You can book independent group visits – providing there’s availability – 24 hours before your visit.

In case of a delay, we kindly ask you to contact us directly. In this way, we can update all involved parties. The Stedelijk Museum is available during office hours through the phone number: 020-5732911. Unfortunately, the tour cannot be extended in case of a delay.

You can meet up with your group at the following meeting points in the museum: 

Under the stairs in Stedelijk Base (ground floor / -1) 

At the artwork Woven Into The Fabric by Petra Blaisse and Desso, located in the entrance hall 

At the Tajiri artwork (the sculpture with the big ‘knot’ next to the museum shop) 

At the Barbara Kruger artwork (1st floor) 

At the Paulus Potter entrance (tbc) 

You can sign in your group approximately 10 minutes before the start of your visit, at the groupsentree at the Paulus Potterstraat. You can make use of the groups wardrobe there (if there’s enough space).  

The Museumpleinbus brings groups of schools from Primary Schools for free, safe and fast to the Stedelijk Museum. The Museumpleinbus is meant for pupils from group 6, 7 and 8 that booked the program De Stijl and for primary schools that are located in a radius of 60 kilometers starting from the ring A10.  

You can cancel or reschedule a tour from the first day of the previous month of the booking. For example, when you’ve booked your tour for the 14th of June, you can cancel or reschedule this until the first of May.  

An abbreviated tour is possible, but you always pay for 1,5 hours. In case you want to book an abbreviated tour, you always go through the booking process first. Send an email after that to educatie@stedelijk.nl to tell your preferred start- and end time.  

You can book a guided tour for up to 4 groups per time slot of 1.5 hours. The maximum group size is 15 (11 pupils for groups 1 to 3). Each group should be accompanied by a maximum of 2 teachers / group leaders from the school.

We offer the following payment methods:

  • iDeal
  • Credit card
  • Cultuurkaart (VO/MBO)
  • Voucher (PO)

Unfortunately there is no option to pay by invoice.

The rate for a group tour of 1.5 hours is € 82.50 (including entrance fee). For an independent tour, each person pays the entrance fee. Admission to the Stedelijk Museum is free for visitors below the age of 18. Students pay 10 euros. Admission is free for Teachers/Group leaders. We do not offer a group discount.

You book the program you’ve chosen through our website. On top the page of the individual program there are several buttons for you to click through to the ticket system. Choose the button relevant to your school or student group and/or the Cultuurkaart. All our activities are grouped into two programs: In the museum, and Online. This applies to primary education, vocational, and higher education.

At present, we offer set timed tickets on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can choose from the following time slots:

10.15 -11.45 am

12.00 - 1.30 pm

2.15 - 3.45 pm

4.00 - 5.30 pm

When you make a reservation, you will be shown the time slots that are available. If not enough slots are free, you can divide your group over different time slots.

You can arrive at the group entrance at the Paulus Potterstraat about 10 minutes before the start of your visit and use the group cloakroom (if there is enough room).