The National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum you’re standing in—the Het Scheepvaartmuseum—housed in a 17th-century naval storehouse, is a window into Amsterdam’s era of global trade and naval power. The building, known locally as ’s Lands Zeemagazijn, was designed by Daniël Stalpaert and constructed in 1656, and the museum moved into this grand brick vault in 1973. After a major renovation from 2007 to 2011, it reopened on 2 October 2011 with new life for its historic galleries. Inside, you’ll encounter a world mapped out in wood and canvas: paintings of Dutch naval officers like Michiel de Ruyter, scale models of ships, and a map collection featuring 17th-century cartographers Willem Blaeu and Joan Blaeu. The collection also holds a surviving copy of Maximilianus Transylvanus’s De Moluccis Insulis, the early account of Magellan’s circumnavigation. …
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