- When: 4 July to 30 August
- For who: all ages
- Cost: All activities are free with a valid museum ticket.
Experience a summer full of activities in Amsterdam at the National Maritime Museum! There is plenty to do both indoors and outdoors on the jetty.
Come and enjoy some exercise, boating, reading and drawing at the National Maritime Museum this summer. There’s plenty to do both indoors and outdoors. Will you be joining us?
Children up to 4 years old free of charge
Did you know that children up to the age of 4 have free admission to the National Maritime Museum? Plan your visit and enjoy an educational and fun day out.
Programme
From 4 July to 30 August, there will be various activities for young and old at the museum every day. All activities are free with a valid museum ticket. The activities take place daily or several times a week at various times. See the programme below to find out what's on and when.
Walk-in workshop – A sea of stories
In Nancy Bosmans’ colourful picture book *The Girl with Seeds in Her Hair*, you’ll meet Yaa. A long time ago, she and her mum had to set off on a journey on a big boat, far away from home. What does your home look like? Come along to read, write or draw about it. Which memory, place or object would you like to keep forever? Drop-in sessions every day between 11.00 and 15.00. In collaboration with ArtPlayground.
Plastic Fishing with Plastic Whale
There’s an awful lot of water in the Netherlands, and we need to look after it properly. Will you help make the water around the museum cleaner? This summer, the Plastic Whale boat will be moored at the jetty again. Put on your lifejacket, climb aboard, set sail and join us for some (plastic) fishing! Until 16 August, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 12.00, 13.15 and 14.30.
Discovery Tour – A zigzag tour through the museum
Great to see you at the museum! It’s a huge building, isn’t it? If you’re not sure where to start, pick up a copy of the tour. From north to west and from outside to inside: on this tour, you and your family can see, draw and do all sorts of things. Available daily at the Open Courtyard.
Doris Diver
Doris Diver is an adventurous, maritime museum experience for very young children. In this space, children can get to know the Maritime Museum, a love of the water and the maritime world in an accessible way.
Junior audio tour
Are you curious to find out what’s swimming around in our brand-new fish hotel? Or would you like to know what sort of food was served on board a VOC ship? And why it isn’t such a good idea to hunt whales? You’ll hear all about it on the junior audio tour.
The Story of the Whale (6+)
The exhibition The Story of the Whale shows how our view of whales has changed over the centuries. You’ll learn about whaling and how it has led to whales becoming an endangered species.