Art museum
Cromhout House
5 locals recommend,
Permanently closed
Tips from locals
★Guilherme★
August 16, 2018
The Biblical Museum is located in the Cromhout houses, named after the trader Jacob Cromhout who had them built in 1662. The museum on the Herengracht in Amsterdam housing a collection of Bibles and other religious objects from the Judeo-Christian tradition, including the oldest Bible printed in the Netherlands (the 1477 Delftse Bijbel, a first edition of the 1637 Dutch Authorized Version, and a facsimile copy of a Dead Sea scroll from Qumran containing the Book of Isaiah. The museum also houses archaeological discoveries, artifacts from ancient Egypt collected by Leendert Schouten in the 19th century: oil lamps, clay tablets, earthenware, shards
The Biblical Museum is located in the Cromhout houses, named after the trader Jacob Cromhout who had them built in 1662. The museum on the Herengracht in Amsterdam housing a collection of Bibles and other religious objects from the Judeo-Christian tradition, including the oldest Bible printed in the…
Paul
May 23, 2017
Dit een onbekend, maar uniek museum is. Prachtig ingericht.
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366 Herengracht
Amsterdam, NH