While the Sexmuseum benefits from its Damrak location in terms of passing trade, the Erotic Museum is in the more appropriate location: slap bang in the Red Light District....

Given the decriminalised nature of dope here, it figures that the city should have a museum entirely devoted to hash. It's just a pity that this ridiculously named operation,...

Housed in a grand 17th-century canal house (and a location for the film Ocean's 12), the Cat Cabinet differs from Amsterdam's more notorious pussy palaces. It's a veritable...

Named after the only chess world champion the Netherlands has produced and occupying the city's old House of Detention - it held Resistance leaders in World War II - the Max...

The Sexmuseum is one of two museums devoted to doing the dirty in Amsterdam, and a tawdry little operation it is too. The Damrak location, just by Centraal Station, is designed...

The Torture Museum is just another of those Amsterdam tourist traps that should really have been more informative, engaging and - most importantly - fun. OK, torture museums...

This new small museum is a bit of an oddity: a tribute to Russia's most legendary export. It covers the history, presents some advertising posters, features a shiny new bar and...

The Houseboat Museum is not just a museum about houseboats: it's actually on one. In fact, it more or less is one: aside from some discreet explanatory panels, a small slide...