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Nathan Coley's ballast-brick wall Bringing Back the Ballast

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Het ScheepvaartmuseumOostelijke Eilanden

Bringing Back the Ballast, by Nathan Coley

Now showingPermanent collection€20

Nathan Coley's wall of 6,000 ballast bricks, gathered in 2011 from former VOC and WIC ports, gives shape to the weight of Dutch colonial history.

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Painting 'Vier generaties' by Hella de Jonge

Hella de Jonge – Dichter bij hun ziel

Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)

Illusionist Hans Klok, featured in the Abracadabra magic exhibition

Abracadabra: Mysteries from Houdini to Hans Klok

Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)

Untitled (1939) by Ruth Grünfeld-Eisner: a cubist-style green face with a yellow root-like form against blue, red and white planes

Recent Additions to the Collection in the Art Gallery

Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)

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The green copper-clad, ship-shaped NEMO Science Museum building by Renzo Piano rising over the Oosterdok in Amsterdam

NEMO Science Museum

Architecture4 min walk

Exterior of the Plancius building housing the Verzetsmuseum in Amsterdam

Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)

Military5 min walk

Exterior of the Jewish Museum (Joods Historisch Museum), housed in the former Great Synagogue on Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, Amsterdam

Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)

Children11 min walk

Exterior of the Rembrandt House Museum on Jodenbreestraat, Amsterdam

Rembrandt House Museum

Architecture11 min walk

Image credits

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Bringing Back the Ballast, by Nathan ColeyCourtesy of Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Hella de Jonge – Dichter bij hun zielCourtesy of Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)
Abracadabra: Mysteries from Houdini to Hans KlokJeroen Bont
Recent Additions to the Collection in the Art GalleryCourtesy of Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)
Het ScheepvaartmuseumFernando via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
NEMO Science MuseumElekes Andor, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)A. Bakker / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)S Sepp / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Rembrandt House Museum14:43, 17 October 2006 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

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