Museum Het Schip
Museum · Amsterdam · Amsterdam
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Museum Het Schip occupies a 1919 housing block for the Eigen Haard corporation, designed by architect Michel de Klerk with a prow-like shape that earned it the name "the ship." It is a landmark of the Amsterdam School, an expressionist brick style. The block once held 102 working-class homes, a post office and a school; its exhibitions cover that housing history, and a Getty-backed restoration finished in 2018.
Practical
- Hours
- Tu-Su 11:00-17:00
Hours per OpenStreetMap, may be outdated.
From Wikipedia
Het Schip (English: The Ship) is a building complex in the Spaarndammerbuurt neighbourhood of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The complex in the architectural style of the Amsterdam School was designed by Michel de Klerk in 1919. It originally contained 102 homes (now 82) for the working class, a small meeting hall, a post office, and an elementary school. Since 2001, the former school and post office are used as a museum about the Amsterdam School.
Climbs, views & nature nearby
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Common questions
- Why stop at Museum Het Schip on a bike ride?
- Museum Het Schip occupies a 1919 housing block for the Eigen Haard corporation, designed by architect Michel de Klerk with a prow-like shape that earned it the name "the ship." It is a landmark of the Amsterdam School, an expressionist brick style. The block once held 102 working-class homes, a post office and a school; its exhibitions cover that housing history, and a Getty-backed restoration finished in 2018.
- Where is Museum Het Schip?
- Museum Het Schip is in Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands).