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Overview houses

An overview of all Museumhuizen in The Netherlands.

All houses

View here the overview of all museum houses spread throughout the Netherlands.

Bonck House 1624 Hoorn Huis Bonck - Built in 1624
Bartolotti House 1755 Amsterdam House Bartolotti Amsterdam
Museumhuis Van Eysinga 1781 Leeuwarden Museumhuis Van Eysinga in Leeuwarden
Huis Van Meerten 1893 Delft Museumhuis Van Meerten in Delft
Villa Rams Woerthe 1899 Steenwijk Entrance Villa Rams Woerthe
Van Ravesteyn house 1932 Utrecht The livingroom and office in Van Ravesteyn house
Museumhuis Polman 1956 Nagele Museumhuis Polman

Overview focus houses

View here the overview of all focus buildings spread throughout the Netherlands.

All Focus Houses

In these houses a small exposition is dedicated to a single element of the house.

Gemeenlandshuis Maassluis 1626 Maassluis Gemeenlandshuis Maassluis
Country estate Beeckestijn 1717 Velsen-Zuid Country estate Beeckestijn
Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam 1726 Amsterdam Museum house Diemerzeedijk in Amsterdam
Huis Timmerman 1746 Monnickendam Monnickendam former town hall

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Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam

By Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser
1726
Amsterdam
Diemerzeedijk 27
Museum house Diemerzeedijk in Amsterdam

The buildings of Museumhuizen Focus are open a few times a month. Here you won’t see all the rooms completed furnished, but smaller individual exhibitions focusing on a specific point of interest within the house.

Come and have a look at the stately Gemeenlandshuis. The house is surrounded by water. The hall has beautiful ornate plasterwork, a monumental staircase, rooms with huge fireplaces and views of the surrounding area. For almost 275 years, this belonged to the body of surveyors of the surrounding dikes. Come and explore the rooms where the water board councilors and committee members wined and dined.

Surrounded by water

For nearly 275 years, the Gemeenlandshuis was the stately home to the Zeeburg and Diemerdijk councillors, committee members and their legal successors. This water board controlled the Zuiderzee dam between Amsterdam and Muiden.
In 1727 the building replaced the old inn ‘the hunter hangs out here’ in which the councillors had previously held their meetings. From this time onwards the Gemeenlandshuis, with the beautiful view over the Zuiderzee, was used by the water board committee as an operational base and a meeting place for monitoring the dam.

Facade of the Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam on the water
Surrounded by water Facade of the Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam

Meeting in style

The Gemeenlands house, with that amazing view over the Zuiderzee, was used as a meeting place and an operational base by the water board committee. They were able to stay the night and the caretaker also acted as the landlord to the board of directors.

Room with high windows around in the Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
Shield in the hall of the Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
Meeting in style Room with high windows around in the Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam

An entrance with a royal feel to it

The Gemeenlands house had a large hall with exquisite ornate plasterwork. This stunning work of art in Lodewijk X1V style was made by the plasterer Christiaan Wittenbeeker.

The hall of the gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
The hall of the gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
An entrance with a royal feel to it The hall of the gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam

An entrance with a royal feel to it

The Gemeenlands house had a large hall with exquisite ornate plasterwork. This stunning work of art in Lodewijk X1V style was made by the plasterer Christiaan Wittenbeeker.

The hall of the gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
The hall of the gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
An entrance with a royal feel to it The hall of the gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
You can’t take your eyes off the magnificent ornate plaster work. It is unbelievable that somebody can achieve such brilliance. I am so grateful that this has been retained.
Esly van Dam
Main coordinator volunteers
Stucco work in the hall of the Gemeenlandshuis Amsterdam
A thousand shades of white

Divine ornate plaster work

The exquisite Lodewijk X1V style ornate plasterwork in the hall was made by plasterer Christiaan Wittenbeeker.

Opening times

The Gemeenlandshuis in Amsterdam is closed in line with the government measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

Once the lockdown is over we are back open on the first Sunday of every month from 12.00 to 16.00.

Visiting address

Gemeenlandshuis
Diemerzeedijk 27
1095KK Amsterdam
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