ARTIS-Groote Museum, the interactive nature museum




ARTIS-Groote Museum is Amsterdam’s interactive nature museum of where you explore your connection with the natural world.
Highlights
- Amsterdam's interactive nature museum
- Discover the oldest museum galleries of Amsterdam in the city centre
- Free audio guides
- Join the 100% connected Family Game for free
- Free entrance up to 12 years
- Open every Thursday evening untill 10 o’clock
About ARTIS-Groote Museum
In the interactive nature museum of Amsterdam you explore how humans, animals, plants, and microbes all share one ecosystem. Feel, taste, hear, smell, and see that we are all part of nature.
Through a thousand small and large examples you explore what you have in common with other animals and plants. Did you know that the trees on your street communicate with each other—just like you do with your neighbors? And that as a baby, you moved in the same way as a crocodile?
Embark on an exploration that meanders through the 170 year old building, experiencing a variety of interactive installations as you go. You’ll not only gain a deeper understanding of your connection with nature, but also a greater appreciation for it.
Visit in combination with the other locations of ARTIS. Discover the world of microbes in ARTIS-Micropia and experience nature up close in the ARTIS Royal Amsterdam Zoo.
How to get here
ARTIS-Groote Museum is located right in the heart of Amsterdam.Take tram 14 from Amsterdam Central Station to ARTIS. Tram lines 7 and 19 also stop nearby. Metro station Waterlooplein is a 10-minute walk away.
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.
Accessibility
General accessibility provisions and information
Present, available or allowed
- Service dog allowed
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
Provisions for people with reduced mobility
Present, available or allowed
- Stairs with handrail
- Lift
- Accessible restroom
Provisions for people who require low sensory environments
Present, available or allowed
- Hidden disability Sunflower-keycord recognised here
Not present, not available or not allowed
- Personal assistant
- Guide lines
- Hearing loop (t-coil or headphones)
- Sign language interpretation provided
- Closed captioning
- Open captioning
- Low stimulus hours
- Sensory experience
- Audio description
- Accessible information
- Material in Braille
- Passageways that are sufficiently wide
- Mobile payment
Explanation by ARTIS-Groote Museum, the interactive nature museum
ARTIS is currently not working with low-stimulus hours. During the week before 11:00 and after 15:00 it is often quieter outside of school holidays.


















