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Discover Museum Het Schip, a 1919 Amsterdam School apartment block in Amsterdam-West. Join the guided tour, step into the restored show flat and see how social housing once looked.
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Museum Het Schip is a landmark housing block from 1919 in Amsterdam-West and a leading example of the Amsterdam School style. The museum explains the philosophy behind this social housing project and includes a restored show flat that shows how residents lived.
Reviewers strongly recommend the English-language tour held daily at 3pm, led by knowledgeable guides. A cafe is on site, and the area is away from the typical tourist centre, which gives it a hidden-gem feel.
It is closed on Mondays.
Museum Het Schip is a landmark housing block from 1919 in Amsterdam-West and a leading example of the Amsterdam School style. The museum explains the philosophy behind this social housing project and includes a restored show flat that shows how residents lived.
Reviewers strongly recommend the English-language tour held daily at 3pm, led by knowledgeable guides. A cafe is on site, and the area is away from the typical tourist centre, which gives it a hidden-gem feel.
It is closed on Mondays.
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If you like beautiful, functional buildings and learn about the philosophy behind the concept of these social housing scheme 100 years ago, you will ❤️ it. Make sure you get there in time for the 3pm English tour.... We had a very knowledgeable guide, who made it fascinating. Michel De Klerk was very inivotive. Could…
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