Why visit / Interesting facts:
- Very moving and emotional experience
- Historical museum
- Almost a million visitors a year
Time required: 90 minutes
Phone: +31 20 556 71 00
Web site: http://www.annefrank.org/
Opening hours:
| Time period | Opening hours |
|---|---|
| Sept 15 - March 14, Sun - Fri: | 9am - 7pm |
| Sept 15 - March 14, Sat: | 9am - 9pm |
| March 15 - Sept 14, Sun - Fri: | 9am - 9pm |
| March 15 - Sept 14, Sat: | 9am - 10pm |
| July and August daily: | 9am - 10pm |
Admission:
| Ticket type | Charge |
|---|---|
| General: | 8.5 € |
| Ages 10 - 17: | 4 € |
| Under 10: | Free |
Public transport:
- Tram Line 13: Westermarkt stop
- Tram Line 14: Westermarkt stop
- Tram Line 17: Westermarkt stop
Address: Prinsengracht 263-267, 1000 AS Amsterdam
Photos: (see more photos)
Photo: Lance Osborne
Things you need to know:
- The Anna Frank Museum is the house where the Jewish Frank family took refugee in total silence during World War II
- This is where the 13-year old Anna begun to write her world famous diary in 1942
- In August 1944, after 25 months of hiding from the Nazis, the family was betrayed; Nazi forces raided the house and deported the Franks to concentration camps
- The only survivor of the family was Otto, the father; Anna died from typhoid shortly before her camp was liberated near the end of the war
- Apart for a number of protective Plexiglas panels, the rooms were left unchanged; Anna's original diary is on display
- Miep Gies, one of the people hiding the Franks, found the diary on the day the family was arrested and handed it to Otto on his return from Auschwitz
- Otto published the diary in 1947; since then it has been printed in more then 60 languages
What to do there:
- First of all buy your ticket online - especially in summer time - to avoid long queues
- Walk through the warehouse offices, secret entry bookcase, and both levels of the Secret Annex including Anne and Fritz Pfeffer's room
- As Otto Frank intended, the rooms remain unfurnished and artifacts/explanations are sparse
- The tour ends downstairs with an explanation of the current mission of the Anne Frank Center with the requisite bookshop selling mementoes and videos
Tips & Insights:
- If you do not have an online ticket, go early or late in the afternoon to avoid queues
- Read the diary before you go
