Madame Tussauds Amsterdam
Madame Tussauds Amsterdam isn’t just a wax museum; it was the first Madame Tussauds outside the United Kingdom, opening in 1970 under The Tussauds Group. You’ll find it centrally placed on Dam Square, a stone’s throw from the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, in the heart of the city. The building itself has a past before the figures arrived. Designed in the Um 1800 style by Dutch architect A. J. Joling, it was constructed between 1914 and 1917 and opened as a Peek & Cloppenburg store in 1917. Nearly a century later, in 1991, the museum moved into the upper floors of that same Dam Square building, marking a relatively quick transition from retail to a world-famous attraction. The site is now a Rijksmonument, a nod to its architectural and historical significance dating back to its early 20th-century origins. …
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