The Palace will be open to visitors again from 12 October.
Stories from the Palace
For 370 years the Royal Palace – Amsterdam’s town hall until 1808 – has been a witness to important moments in the country’s history. Famous administrators, kings, scientists and artists have walked through the halls and galleries there for centuries.
But who worked on the building behind the scenes? Who made the bronze bells for the tower, the roof for the Citizens’ Hall, the chandeliers for the palace? And who used the building on a daily basis, once it was built? Who was locked up in the cells and who played the carillon?
This summer, the Royal Palace Amsterdam presents a number of unusual protagonists. Discover in five stories how people who are unknown today left an indelible mark on the Palace on Dam Square.
(16 June – 16 September 2018, daily from 10.00-17.00 hours.)
Trailblazers celebrates the bold imagination of participants from the rich history of the Royal Award.
In this exhibition you will learn the story behind the largest maps in the world in the Citizens’ Hall and see the most beautiful maps and atlases made in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
On April 27th, King Willem-Alexander celebrated his 50th birthday. A special exhibit offered an overview of the last 50 years of Dutch history.
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