Stedelijk Museum

The Stedelijk Museum on Museumplein is one of Europe's foremost institutions for modern and contemporary art and design, housing works by Malevich, Mondrian, Karel Appel, and Basquiat across a collection of over 90,000 objects. The original 1895 building features a neo-Renaissance facade; it was joined in 2012 by a polarizing white polyester extension that Amsterdammers promptly nicknamed 'the bathtub'. The museum's deliberately broad definition of art — spanning painting, graphic design, photography, and industrial design — has shaped its identity since the 19th century. Rotating temporary exhibitions bring major international contemporary artists to the building, making repeat visits consistently worthwhile.

1895 building with the white 'bathtub' 2012 extension — Mondrian, De Stijl, Cobra, Beuys, Koons under one roof.