What is Amsterdam Museum?
[[File:Amsterdams Historisch Museum.jpg|thumb|The entrance to the museum]] The '''Amsterdam Museum''' is a [[museum]] in [[Amsterdam]]. Before 2011 it was called the '''Amsterdams Historisch Museum'''. It is in the old orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. ==History== Since 1975, the museum has been in a building that was first built in 1580 as Amsterdam's orphanage.<ref name=darnell>{{cite web|title=Amsterdams Historisch Museum|url=http://traveldk.com/amsterdam/dk/highlight/amsterdams-historisch-museum|publisher=traveldk.com|access-date=19 April 2011|archive-date=15 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715015218/http://traveldk.com/amsterdam/dk/highlight/amsterdams-historisch-museum|url-status=dead}}</ref> The museum has paintings and old photographs and a cafe. ==References== {{reflist}} {{commonscat|Amsterdam Museum}} {{coord|52.3702|N|4.8907|E|type:landmark|display=title}} [[Category:Museums in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Amsterdam]] {{europe-stub}}