A visit to the Van Gogh Museum is a unique experience. There is no other place in the world where you can see so many of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings under one roof. The Museum is situated on the Museumplein in Amsterdam, between the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum. The Museum's collection is divided into three sections. The Van Gogh collection, work from other artists and the collection concerning the Van Gogh Museum’s history.

Vincent van Gogh

The Museum houses the largest collection of Van Gogh’s work. You will find more than 200 exceptional canvases from the Master’s hand, as well as 500 drawings and 700 written documents. Together these provide a fantastic insight into his life and work. In the Museum, Van Gogh’s work is arranged in five chronological periods. These periods correspond with a certain phase in Van Gogh’s life and work. The phases in order are: the Netherlands, Paris, Arles, Saint-Rémy en Auvers-sur-Oise. Vincent van Gogh made many self-portraits. The Self-Portrait with Felt Hat is one of these. Another well-known painting by Van Gogh is ‘The bedroom’. In this Van Gogh portrays his own simply furnished bedroom.

Other artists

An extensive permanent collection of other 19th century artists can also be viewed in the Museum. These were contemporaries and friends of Van Gogh, and include Paul Gauguin and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Van Gogh met these artists in Paris. Here he saw with his own eyes how the French artists created their Impressionist pictures. Vincent studied here for several months and this greatly influenced his work. It gave a different light in his pictures and the colors on his palate became lighter.