What's on in Amsterdam
The statue of Atlas inside the Royal Palace Amsterdam

Royal Palace Amsterdam · Amsterdam Centrum

Atlas

Now showingPermanent collection·Ticketed — see website

A 6-metre marble titan bearing the heavens, the statue Amsterdammers once used to warn children the sky would fall if he dropped it — a bronze twin stands outside on Dam Square.

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Also at Royal Palace Amsterdam

On now nearby

Fragment of an ancient mosaic glass rod, 100 BC-50 AD

Glass, Made in Antiquity

Allard Pierson

The Art of Transformation exhibition artwork

The Art of Transformation

Allard Pierson

Cabinet of Stories: Change the World, Not Us exhibition object

Cabinet of Stories: Change the World, Not Us

Allard Pierson

All exhibitions in Amsterdam this month Coming up in October

Nearby

Oude Kerk

Architecture6 min walk

Allard Pierson

Art6 min walk

Anne Frank House

History6 min walk

Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography

Art9 min walk