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Amsterdam is a city of museums with lots of great exhibitions and events. Find out what's on when you will be in Amsterdam.

	01OCT2011-15JAN2012 CoBrA Museum Amstelveen Studio Tuscany A unique series of sculptures by Karel Appel and Roberto Barni that were created on an estate in the hills of Tuscany out of found household objects from the region.
	07DEC2011-22JAN2012 Museum Jan van der Togt Anton Heyboer Old works from the Anton Heyboer Foundation.
	21APR2011-30JAN2012 Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis East Indies Home - Traces of a Colonial Past
	16DEC2011-05FEB2012 Foam Photography Museum Stanley Greene - Black Passport Photos of conflicts and disasters in regions such as Chechnya, Iraq, Rwanda and Sudan combined with photos of Greene's private life.
	16DEC2011-26FEB2012 Huis Marseille Naoya Hatakeyama / Natural Stories Japanese photographer Hatakeyama combines harmonious photographic compositions with moments at which huge and destabilizing forces are at work.
	16DEC2011-26FEB2012 Huis Marseille Siebe Swart / Land of Air and Water Aerial photographs of Dutch waterworks and the never-ending battle of the Netherlands with water.
	24OCT2011-04MAR2012 Jewish Historical Museum Saul Leiter - New York Reflections Urban visual poetry: scenic color photographs of street life in New York.
	17SEP2011-16MAR2012 Hermitage Amsterdam Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens Flemish painters from the Hermitage With 75 paintings and about 20 drawings, including numerous masterpieces by the 3 giants of the Antwerp School.
	14OCT2011-18MAR2012 Allard Pierson Museum The Etruscans Ancient Italian culture in the spotlights Tells the story of Etruscan wealth, religion, power and splendour.
	14OCT2011-18MAR2012 Tassenmuseum Hendrikje (Museum of Bags and Purses) Impressive Presents: 15 years of gifts to the Museum of Bags and Purses With bags from the Egypt and Netherlands East Indies, a handbag recovered from a shipwreck, and more.
	03MAR2012-03JUN2012 Huis Marseille Guy Tillim / Second Nature In the wake of the British explorer Captain James Cook, South African photographer Tillim portrayed the modern landscapes of the Polynesian islands.
	03NOV2011-29JUL2012 Tropenmuseum Death matters Discover how different people deal with death worldwide.
	permanent exhibition Rijksmuseum The Masterpieces special While the restoration of the main building is underway, the Rijksmuseum is displaying the crème de la crème of its permanent collection. An unique opportunity to view all the highlights of the Golden Age in one place.
	permanent exhibition Oudezijds Achterburgwal Red Light Fashion Amsterdam Sixteen former prostitution establishments in the city's infamous Red Light Distict have been transformed into exciting spaces for fashion creation and display. Rather than women plying their trade under red lights, 16 top fashion designers from Amsterdam will showcase their latest creations in these windows.

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