[2025 Amsterdam Attraction] Travel Guide for Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Updated May)

Stedelijk Museum is a modern art museum that collects the best contemporary art in Amsterdam, especially paintings. The museum closely follows the development of art, especially the attention to art in the second half of the 20th century. Friends who love art must not miss it. Historical Background The Stedelijk Museum is located in the Museum Square, surrounded by the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. Founded in 1895, it was designed by then architect Adriaan Willem Weissman. The "new wing" of the museum was expanded in 1954, and then temporarily moved to the former postal building on the right side of the central station due to renovations, and reopened in September 2012. Entering the museum, you can get an audio guide for a fee opposite the information desk, and you need six kinds of audio explanations including English. The pavilion museum is set up as a permanent exhibition area and a temporary exhibition area. The permanent exhibition area is mainly Mannerism, Cobra, Neorealism, Popism, Color Field Painting, Zero-sum Minimal Art. Representatives of these styles are Picasso, the Dutch painters Karel Appel, Piet Mondrian, the French painters Monet, Cezanne, Matisse, Chagall and Renoir. Details of the temporary exhibition area can be found on the official website. The collection of classic works includes rooms painted by Karel Appel, paintings by Matisse and a large number of paintings by Kazimir Severinovich Malevich. After visiting the museum, you can go to the shop in the museum, which has various peripherals about Dutch and modern art, you can choose to buy it. If you are tired of shopping, you can go to the restaurant of the Stedelijk Museum to take a seat, and the lunch or three-course dinner inside are good value for money.