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 MuseumAmsterdam City ArchivesAmsterdam MuseumBiblical Museum/Cromhout housesde AppelDe Burcht / Vakbondsmuseum (Homepage)Diamond Museum AmsterdamThe Dutch Maritime MuseumEnergeticA (Homepage)EyeFoam Fotografiemuseum AmsterdamMuseum Geelvinck-HinlopenHermitage AmsterdamMuseum Het SchipNational Holocaust Memorial, Hollandsche SchouwbergHuis MarseilleJewish Historical MuseumJHM Children’s MuseumMax Eeuwe CentrumMultatuli MuseumNEMONieuwe KerkOns' Lieve Heer op SolderOude KerkPijpenkabinet & SmokianaPortuguese SynagoguePress MuseumRembrandt House MuseumRijksmuseumRoyal Palace of AmsterdamSpecial collections at the Amsterdam University LibraryStedelijk MuseumTheatermuseum / Theater Instituut Nederland (Homepage)Museum tot zoverMuseum of the TropicsVan Gogh MuseumMuseum Van LoonVerzetsmuseumMuseum Willet-HolthuysenBelasting and Douane MuseumChabot MuseumHet Nieuwe InstituutKunsthal RotterdamNederlands FotomuseumNetherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (Homepage)MariniersmuseumMaritiem Museum, Rotterdam (Homepage)Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Homepage)Museum RotterdamTentTrompenburg Tuinen & ArboretumWereldmuseum, Rotterdam (Homepage)Witte de WithAboriginal Art Museum, UtrechtBasis voor Actuele Kunst, (BAK)Botanische Tuinen, UtrechtCentraal Museum, Utrecht (Homepage)Museum CatharijneconventMuseum SpeelklokNederlands VolksburrtmuseumTrain Museum, Utrecht (Homepage)SonnenborghSpoorwegmuseumUniversiteitsmuseum, UtrechtDe Mesdag CollectieFotomuseum de HaagGemGemeentemuseum Den Haag (Municipal Museum)Museum de Gevangenpoort (Prison Gate Museum) (Homepage - English)Haags Historisch Museum (Hague Historical Museum) (Homepage)Humanity HouseKinderboekenmuseumLetterkundig MuseumLouis Couperus MuseumLouwman Museum (Homepage)Mauritshuis, The Hague (Homepage)Museon, The Hague (Website - English)Museum Beelden aan ZeeMuseum BrediusMuseum MeermannoMuseum voor CommunicatieNationaal ArchiefPanorama MesdagFrans Hals Museum, Haarlem (Homepage)Teylers Museum, HaarlemHistorisch Museum HaarlemMuseum De Hallen, HaarlemBoerhaave Museum, LeidenNational Museum of Antiquities, Leiden (Homepage)National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden (Homepage)Naturalis, Leiden (Homepage)Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, LeidenFries Museum, Leeuwarden (Homepage)Princessehof, Leeuwarden (Homepage)In other parts of the Netherlands:
Cobra Museum, Amstelveen (Homepage)Museum Jan van der Jogt, AmstelveenDrents Museum, Assen (Homepage)Museum Klok en Peel, AstenKranenburgh, BergenAfrika Museum, Berg en DalTitus Brandsma Museum, BolswardMuseeaquarium Delfzijl, DelfzijlSchatkamer van Deventer, DeventerHet Dordts Particiërshuis, DordechtHistorisch Museum Ede, EdeVan Abbemuseum, EindhovenStreekmuseum de Schippersbeurs, ElslooFlessenscheepjes Museum, EnkhuizenRijksmuseumTwenthe, Enschede (Homepage)Twentsewelle, EnschedeMuseum Martena, FranekerMuseum ‘De Roos’, GeertruidenbergMuseum Opsterlän, GorredijkGraafs Museum, GraveGroninger Museum, Groningen (Homepage)Museum de Koperen Kop, Hardinxveld-GiessendamThermenmuseum, HeerlenHalve Maen, HoornHet Bolwerk, IjzendijkeStedelijk Museum Kampen, KampenDiscovery Center Continium, KerkadeNaturalis, LeidenMuseum Volkenkunde, LeidenAviodrome (Aviation museum), Lelystad (Homepage)Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (Homepage)Museum Betje Wolff, MiddenbeemsterWaterlandsmuseum Speeltoren, MonnickendamComenius Museum, NaardenValkhof museum, NijmegenMuseum Noordwijk, NoordwijkAirborne Museum Hartenstein, OosterbeekSpeelgoed Museum op Stelten, OosterhoutBrabants Museum Oud-Oosterhout, OosterhoutOpenluchtmuseum Ootmarsum Het Land van Heeren en Boeren, OotmarsumKaap Sil, Museum van Jutters en Zee, OudeschildSlot Loevestein, PoederoijenMuseum Slager, 'S-HertogenboschFlipje- en Streekmuseum Tiel, TielMuseum Het Oude Raadhuis, UrkMiramar Zeemuseum, VledderNational Monument Kamp Vught, VughtZaanse Schans, ZaanstadStadskasteel, ZaltbommelStadsmuseum Woerden, Woerden