Museum Hopper

On our last night in Amsterdam, we went to the Anne Frank house , which has been turned into a museum.  The house was basically across the street from our hotel. It was a great way to end our trip -- it was a reflective pause at the end of the trip. We made reservations about a month in advance, and really had a limited ticket selection.  It worked out for us, but if we had wanted to go during a more normal hour, we should have made reservations even earlier . Jason really enjoyed it.  It was a museum that brought the entire rest of the trip together.   The museum is in the original house.  They have bought a few of the surrounding house as well.  We learned the history of the house and how the Frank family ended up in the annex.  Jason had never read the book and found this to be very interesting... I do think they could spend a little more time elaborating on how she had actually started re-writing her diary in anticipation of publishing it. ...

On our last night in Amsterdam, we went to the Anne Frank house , which has been turned into a museum.  The house was basically across the street from our hotel. It was a great way to end our trip -- it was a reflective pause at the end of the trip. We made reservations about a month in advance, and really had a limited ticket selection.  It worked out for us, but if we had wanted to go during a more normal hour, we should have made reservations even earlier . Jason really enjoyed it.  It was a museum that brought the entire rest of the trip together.   The museum is in the original house.  They have bought a few of the surrounding house as well.  We learned the history of the house and how the Frank family ended up in the annex.  Jason had never read the book and found this to be very interesting... I do think they could spend a little more time elaborating on how she had actually started re-writing her diary in anticipation of publishing it. ...

the only place i bought a ticket in advance was the anne frank house .  the tickets seem to let people in at 20 minute intervals.  one of the girls in the hostel recommended going late afternoon.  she said that there was not a line then.  so, it may be similar to the case of the van gogh museum.  this was one of the few museums that opened at 9 and it seems like getting there then would make sense.  there was a huge difference in the line between 940 when i went in and 1030 when i came out. the museum is a very well guided tour.  basically follow the person in front of you.  the pamphlet you receive when you walk in was very informative.  all notes of the museum were basically in the brochure that they give you when you walk in.  it was difficult to hear the audio at times since they had little headphones with a bunch of languages in each room.  you could hear the audio through the headphones that were not in use.  the museum ...