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The site of the Municipal Archives, Amsterdam happens to be one of the chief tourist attractions in Amsterdam. The Municipal Archives, Amsterdam have been recently shifted to the locale of Vijzelstraat. The Municipal Archives, Amsterdam was erected in the 1800s and sports a typical European architecture that was popular in Renaissance Europe.

What the Municipal Archives, Amsterdam Store

The Municipal Archives in Amsterdam was actually a spacious hall before it was turned into a Museum for storing historical records in chronological order. The Municipal Archives, Amsterdam showcases several photographs of old Amsterdam which depict in black and white the roads, the promenades, the boulevards and the then important edifices of the Dutch city. The photographs number over a hundred-thousand and enamor the visitors with their antique value and the scenes that they portray.

Leisure travelers, historians, journalists and litterateurs are the main visitors at the Municipal Archives, Amsterdam. The accumulations of travelogues, books, newsprints, holographs, and documents besides photographs really stun the tourists at the Archives. Even cartographers haunt the precincts of the Municipal Archives, Amsterdam as amidst the numerous records and files, they can spot some old maps of the city that were drafted years ago.

It is really interesting to go through the old newspapers that have turned yellow. For the newspapers depict news of a bygone era. Such news captivates the readers as they can compare the social and economic conditions of an old world epoch with those of the present day. There are several items in the Municipal Archives, Amsterdam that portray facts about The Netherlands as a whole.

Several Americans frequent the realms of the Municipal Archives, Amsterdam because the edifice houses valuable stuff that offer information about the first Dutch immigrants in the Americas.

A treasure house of curious articles, the Municipal Archives, Amsterdam enchants all its visitors immensely.

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Stedelijk Museum	Amsterdams Historisch Museum
Fotografie Museum	Biblical Museum
Trade Unions Museum	Municipal Archives
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Hortus Botanicus	Artis Zoo
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Museum of Bags and Purses	Pianola Museum
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Torture Museum	Erotic Museum
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Houseboat Museum	Tulip Museum
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Museum Amstelkring	Museum Van Loon
Theater Museum	Allard Pierson Museum
Vondelpark	Amsterdamse Bos