Wheelchair-friendly attractions to visit with the I amsterdam City Card

Art museums

• Rijksmuseum: home to masterpieces like Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ and Vermeer’s ‘The Milkmaid’, this museum is one of the most wheelchair-friendly attractions in Amsterdam. It also has one of the city’s only Changing Places Toilets, designed for visitors with complex needs.
• Stedelijk Museum: this modern and contemporary art museum has an accessibility floor plan that shows lifts to every floor and collection, and wheelchair-friendly toilets.
• H'ART Museum: located in the former Hermitage building, H’ART Museum has various (changing) exhibitions that are wheelchair-friendly. The museum building includes lifts, accessible gift shops and wheelchair-friendly cafés. 
• STRAAT: a museum dedicated to street art and graffiti, STRAAT is located in a former NDSM shipyard building, equipped with lifts to all floors except the panorama deck.

History museums

• Allard Pierson: home to world-renowned heritage collections of the University of Amsterdam, this museum has lifts to every floor and collection, wheelchairs to borrow, and wheelchair-friendly toilets.
• Amsterdam Museum: dedicated to the city’s historical and geographical developments, this museum is currently located in the H’ART Museum building. Wheelchair users can use an accessibility map and access all collections, gift shops and cafés.
• Grachtenmuseum (Museum of the Canals): set in a 17th-century canal house, this museum is one of the only historic canal houses with wheelchair access. Its wheelchair-friendly platform lift blends in seamlessly with the entrance stairs. 
• Museum Het Schip: focused on the Amsterdam School of architecture, the main museum building is accessible, but the outdoor social housing structures are currently not wheelchair-friendly.
• Dutch Resistance Museum: honouring the resistance fighters of World War II, this recently renovated museum is located on the ground floor and has wheelchair-friendly facilities.
• Stadsarchief Amsterdam (City Archives): a must-visit if you’re into Amsterdam’s history, this building has lifts to every floor and collection, as well as an accessible café.  
• Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum): known for having one of the biggest maritime collections in the world, the main museum is wheelchair accessible, though the Dutch East Indiaman replica ship is not. 
• Wereldmuseum Amsterdam: this museum showcases exhibitions on global cultures. Its many floors and collections are accessible via a lift.

Music & theatre

• Bimhuis: this popular music venue has hosted local and international jazz artists in Amsterdam since the 1970s. The main concert hall has a designated balcony with tables and seating for wheelchair users, offering an excellent view of the stage.
• National Opera & Ballet: known for hosting exquisite ballet performances in Amsterdam, both performance halls at the National Opera & Ballet are wheelchair accessible, with designated seating areas for multiple wheelchair users. Wheelchair-friendly toilets are located on several floors.

Science museums

• Body Worlds: this museum takes visitors on a discovery of the human body. A small part of the exhibition is located in the basement, which is not wheelchair accessible. 
• Micropia: this interactive science museum is all about bacteria and microbes. While most of the museum is wheelchair accessible, some interactive exhibitions have steps or are out of reach for wheelchair users.
• NEMO Science Museum: a lively child-friendly museum dedicated to science and technology, NEMO is spacious with lifts leading to every floor and exhibition. Some interactive elements cannot, however, be seen and/ or experienced by wheelchair users.

Audio-visual experiences

• Fabrique des Lumières: located in a large historic factory building, this immersive experience combines music and visuals. The only area that cannot be accessed by wheelchair is the first-floor balcony overlooking the main exhibition space.
• The Upside Down: a social media experience with dozens of Dutch-themed rooms. Although every Upside Down room offers accessible photo opportunities, some features are located on elevated levels or platforms, which are not accessible to wheelchair users.
• Rembrandts Amsterdam: this 5D experience tells the story of Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the most famous Dutch painters in history. A child-friendly activity, the venue is threshold-free and fully located on the ground floor. Please note there is no toilet, wheelchair-friendly or otherwise.

The I amsterdam City Card provides unlimited public transport use and discounted access to the city’s renowned museums, iconic artworks, theatres, science exhibitions, and immersive audio-visual experiences, as well as:

• Free city-wide public transport by metro, tram, bus and ferry
• Unique boat cruise over Amsterdam’s historic canals
• Exclusive discounts at attractions and concerts