The world's largest collection of Vincent van Gogh — Sunflowers, The Bedroom, the self-portraits and the letters. Tickets are online and timed only, so here is everything you need before you go.
After Vincent van Gogh died in 1890, his work passed to his brother Theo and then to Theo's widow, Jo, who spent decades championing it. The collection stayed in the family until a dedicated museum opened on Amsterdam's Museumplein in 1973. It now holds more than 200 paintings, hundreds of drawings and the letters that map the artist's mind — the largest Van Gogh collection anywhere.
The galleries trace Van Gogh's whole arc: the dark early Potato Eaters, the explosion of colour in Paris and Arles, the Sunflowers and The Bedroom, the restless self-portraits, and the final, turbulent landscapes. Set against works by contemporaries like Gauguin and Monet, the collection shows not just the paintings but the man behind them.
Buy a timed ticket online before you travel — there is no ticket office at the door. The first slot of the day and the late-afternoon slots are the quietest. The museum sits on Museumplein beside the Rijksmuseum, so the two pair naturally into one cultured day. Allow around two hours, more if you read the letters.
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