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Dutch Resistance Museum
The Dutch Resistance Museum, chosen as the best historical museum of the Netherlands, tells the story of the Dutch people in Word War II. How did Dutch people respond to the Nazi occupation? Who resisted? Why, and how? You’ll see, hear en read fascinating stories about the exceptional, as well as about everyday life. Education is a core task for the museum. Some fifteen thousand children visit the museum each year.
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Sunday March 14, 2010: Betty Bigombe, laureate of Geuzen Medal 2010 in Amsterdam
Ms Bigombe is world renowned as one of the main negotiators in the conflict between the government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the north of the country. Betty Bigombe will be interviewed in public by Harm Ede Botje in the Dutch Resistance Museum. Read more
Love in wartime, new exhibition from June 4 2010
In times of conflict and upheaval love takes on a greater intensity. The Second World War influenced the love lives of a whole generation. You got butterflies in your stomach down in the air raid shelters, in the resistance, in the trenches and even in the concentration camps. The exhibition Love in Wartime portrays for us this neglected human aspect of the war. Read more
Season '40-'45. Football during WWII
April 29, 2009 - April 11, 2010. Surprising exhibition on football during WWII, which was more popular than ever. Only ten days after the invasion teams started playing again, crowds gathered in the stadium. But of course the war also left its marks, persecution, hunger, it all affected the game and more important, its players. The exhibition offers a wide range of interactives and is suitable for all who love the game or its stories, the very young and the old. Read more
Fritz Behrendt - Marked by the war
Fritz Behrendt - Marked by the war shows drawings and sketches of one of Hollands most famous artists who published cartoons on political issues for more than 40 years in almost every magazine or newspaper one can imagine. From February 25 2009 - June 27 2010. Read more
Free entrance
Free entrance at the Dutch Resistance Museum with the 'I amsterdam Card'. The 'I amsterdam Card' consists of a chip-card, a public transport ticket, a full-colour guide and provides over 30 free and 20 discounted offers on major tourist attractions and restaurants. This card is comparable with a City Card offered in many European Cities. Read more
