The Museum card (Dutch: "Museumkaart") is a personal card that allows free entrance to about 400 museums in the Netherlands. As of 2016, the card costs €59.90 (including €4.95 administrative expenses) for adults, and is valid for one year. A discounted card is available for youth under age 19, costing €32.45 (including €4.95 administrative expenses).
In 2013, there were more than 900,000 Museum Cardholders. In 2011, over 23% of the visitors to the affiliated museums were Museum Cardholders (4.3 million to 18.1 million).
The Museum card is available at many of the larger participating museums, and it can also be purchased online. Museumkaart holders may register to receive a monthly digital magazine Museumkaart exclusive offers.
Buying the card online is only possible with a Dutch IBAN and a Dutch address. If you buy it from a museum you only get a temporary card for 31 days. You then have to upload a photo online. The 1 year card will then only be sent to a Dutch address.
Although most museums offer free entry to Museumkaart holders, some museums charge a small fee. Additionally, some museums charge an additional fee for special exhibitions but not to the general collection.
The Museumkaart aims to promote the repeat visits and to increase the bond between museums and their (potential) visitors. The (Dutch) Museum Association is the publisher of the Museumkaart. The operation of the card is housed in the Museum Card Foundation (SMK), which also organizes the Museum Weekend and supports the marketing of affiliated museums. The income of the Museumkaart foundation benefits the participating museums. Affiliated museums are recognized in the Dutch Museum Register and are members of the Dutch Museum Association.
The Museumkaart is available to buy at many of the participating museums below. It is noteworthy that the main web page of the Museumkaart is available in Dutch only and it does not provide any translation (see http://www.museumkaart.nl/).
In Amsterdam, the participating museums are as follows. Many of these museums are part of the Official Museums of Amsterdam, including the Cobra Museum (located in Amstelveen) and the Zaans Museum (located in Zaandam).
Allard Pierson Museum
Amsterdam City Archives
Amsterdam Museum
Biblical Museum/Cromhout houses
de Appel
De Burcht / Vakbondsmuseum (Homepage)
Diamond Museum Amsterdam
The Dutch Maritime Museum
EnergeticA (Homepage)
Eye
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen
Hermitage Amsterdam
Museum Het Schip
National Holocaust Memorial, Hollandsche Schouwberg
Huis Marseille
Jewish Historical Museum
JHM Children’s Museum
Max Eeuwe Centrum
Multatuli Museum
NEMO
Nieuwe Kerk
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
Oude Kerk
Pijpenkabinet & Smokiana
Portuguese Synagogue
Press Museum
Rembrandt House Museum
Rijksmuseum
Royal Palace of Amsterdam
Special collections at the Amsterdam University Library
Stedelijk Museum
Theatermuseum / Theater Instituut Nederland (Homepage)
Museum tot zover
Museum of the Tropics
Van Gogh Museum
Museum Van Loon
Verzetsmuseum
Museum Willet-Holthuysen
Belasting and Douane Museum
Chabot Museum
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Kunsthal Rotterdam
Nederlands Fotomuseum
Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (Homepage)
Mariniersmuseum
Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam (Homepage)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Homepage)
Museum Rotterdam
Tent
Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum
Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam (Homepage)
Witte de With
Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht
Basis voor Actuele Kunst, (BAK)
Botanische Tuinen, Utrecht
Centraal Museum, Utrecht (Homepage)
Museum Catharijneconvent
Museum Speelklok
Nederlands Volksburrtmuseum
Train Museum, Utrecht (Homepage)
Sonnenborgh
Spoorwegmuseum
Universiteitsmuseum, Utrecht
De Mesdag Collectie
Fotomuseum de Haag
Gem
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Municipal Museum)
Museum de Gevangenpoort (Prison Gate Museum) (Homepage - English)
Haags Historisch Museum (Hague Historical Museum) (Homepage)
Humanity House
Kinderboekenmuseum
Letterkundig Museum
Louis Couperus Museum
Louwman Museum (Homepage)
Mauritshuis, The Hague (Homepage)
Museon, The Hague (Website - English)
Museum Beelden aan Zee
Museum Bredius
Museum Meermanno
Museum voor Communicatie
Nationaal Archief
Panorama Mesdag
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (Homepage)
Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Historisch Museum Haarlem
Museum De Hallen, Haarlem
Boerhaave Museum, Leiden
National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden (Homepage)
National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden (Homepage)
Naturalis, Leiden (Homepage)
Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (Homepage)
Princessehof, Leeuwarden (Homepage)
In other parts of the Netherlands:
Cobra Museum, Amstelveen (Homepage)
Museum Jan van der Jogt, Amstelveen
Drents Museum, Assen (Homepage)
Museum Klok en Peel, Asten
Kranenburgh, Bergen
Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal
Titus Brandsma Museum, Bolsward
Museeaquarium Delfzijl, Delfzijl
Schatkamer van Deventer, Deventer
Het Dordts Particiërshuis, Dordecht
Historisch Museum Ede, Ede
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Streekmuseum de Schippersbeurs, Elsloo
Flessenscheepjes Museum, Enkhuizen
RijksmuseumTwenthe, Enschede (Homepage)
Twentsewelle, Enschede
Museum Martena, Franeker
Museum ‘De Roos’, Geertruidenberg
Museum Opsterlän, Gorredijk
Graafs Museum, Grave
Groninger Museum, Groningen (Homepage)
Museum de Koperen Kop, Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Thermenmuseum, Heerlen
Halve Maen, Hoorn
Het Bolwerk, Ijzendijke
Stedelijk Museum Kampen, Kampen
Discovery Center Continium, Kerkade
Naturalis, Leiden
Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden
Aviodrome (Aviation museum), Lelystad (Homepage)
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (Homepage)
Museum Betje Wolff, Middenbeemster
Waterlandsmuseum Speeltoren, Monnickendam
Comenius Museum, Naarden
Valkhof museum, Nijmegen
Museum Noordwijk, Noordwijk
Airborne Museum Hartenstein, Oosterbeek
Speelgoed Museum op Stelten, Oosterhout
Brabants Museum Oud-Oosterhout, Oosterhout
Openluchtmuseum Ootmarsum Het Land van Heeren en Boeren, Ootmarsum
Kaap Sil, Museum van Jutters en Zee, Oudeschild
Slot Loevestein, Poederoijen
Museum Slager, 'S-Hertogenbosch
Flipje- en Streekmuseum Tiel, Tiel
Museum Het Oude Raadhuis, Urk
Miramar Zeemuseum, Vledder
National Monument Kamp Vught, Vught
Zaanse Schans, Zaanstad
Stadskasteel, Zaltbommel
Stadsmuseum Woerden, Woerden
