ARTIS-Groote Museum

How can you visit ARTIS-Groote Museum with your City Card?

You do not need to make a reservation in advance to visit ARTIS-Groote Museum with your City Card. You can have your City Card scanned at the entrance. Make sure your City Card is valid at the time of your visit.

What is the ARTIS-Groote Museum?

It's the oldest museum building in Amsterdam. In ARTIS-Groote Museum you go on a personal expedition, with your body as a starting point. Similarities to plants, other animals and even microbes. Did you know that your intestines do the same thing as tree roots? And that as a baby you crawled on the ground the same way a crocodile moves? Maybe we have more in common than you thought! Come to ARTIS-Groote Museum and see how all life is interwoven.

The building

The Groote Museum was built between 1850 and 1855 for the members of the Society Natura Artis Magistra. It is located on the oldest site of ARTIS and was one of the most modern buildings in Amsterdam at the time. The museum, which closed in 1947, has been completely renovated and restored.

The original butterfly staircase has been returned to its original state and each display door has been returned to its original location. As a visitor you now walk on the same wooden floor that the members of the Society walked over in 1855. A true time capsule that you enter.