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What you'll do
Get an overview of smoking pipes throughout the ages from within this authentic 17th-century canal house
Step inside the Amsterdam Pipe Museum with Go City®
- Peruse the private collection of one of the world's most dedicated pipe collectors
- See the oldest known pipe in the world, thought to date from 550 BC
- Your pass gives you access to dozens of other top attractions in the city so make sure to check them out!
The exhibition covers a period of 2,500 years and includes exciting objects from five continents. Take a private tour through the collector’s house for an unexpected experience!
The museum’s display contains the pipe’s origins in Central-American, as far back as 500 BC. The collection includes varieties like the famous Gouda churchwarden and artistic pipes carved in meerschaum and wood. German porcelain pipe bowls with hand-painted miniatures and French pipes with portraits of famous contemporaries lifting up a simple implement into a conversation piece.
The museum presents smoking paraphernalia from over sixty countries: Turkish water pipes, African ceremonial pipes, finely-carved Maori pipes, and precious Chinese opium pipes. In short, this is the place to experience the global smoking culture.
The museum shop offers a great assortment for collectors and smokers. The shop’s smoking supplies range from souvenirs to handcrafted designs in prices from 10 to 1,000 euros.
Please note: there is no wheelchair access due to stairs
Did you know
- The pipe collection represents the life’s work of a serious collector who spent fifty years assembling the world's most extensive pipe collection. He opened his home as a museum!
- You can see the oldest pipe, excavated in Ecuador, formerly smoked by a tribe living around 550 BC.
- When the Dutch Queen made a visit to the Gouda pipe works in 1897, the factory-made a showpiece consisting of twenty long clay pipes twisted and interwoven into an artwork. This item is preserved and shown as the highlight in the collection.
- The most exquisite pipe is a yellow meerschaum pipe with a gilt silver helmet as a cover, shown together with its red morocco leather case. The pipe was made in 1807 in order of Napoleon.
Where you'll be
Operating hours
Monday - Saturday: 12PM - 6PM
Closings & holidays
King's Day (April 27), New Year's Day and Christmas Day
Amsterdam Pipe Museum
003120-4211779
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