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About the UvA

Libraries and museums

University museum

Collections, documentation and student life from the history of the University of Amsterdam from 1632 onwards.

Art and the UvA

The UvA is spread throughout the city in many different buildings. Two artists have demarcated the site of the UvA in public space. Visit the website on the art projects for information on the artists and a route description.

Allard Pierson Museum

This museum for Classical Archaeology contains a diverse collection of artefacts from ancient Egypt, the Near East, Cyprus, the Greek World, Etruria and the Roman Empire.

Museum Vrolik to close for ten months

Following in the footsteps of other top museums in Amsterdam, the Vrolik Museum will close for refurbishment and redesign from August 2011 to May 2012.

Schriftmuseum J.A. Dortmond

The J.A. Dortmond museum of script and writing features exhibitions showing the history of script from 3000 BC to the present day.

Special Collections Library

The Special Collections Library specializes in acquiring, conserving, and making available (paper) data sources of all types, among which old editions, manuscripts, maps, atlases, prints, and photos. It holds an extensive collection of printed works from before 1850.

UvA Computer Museum

The collection of the UvA Computer Museum shows what a computer was like in the past, but also also how calculations were done before the advent of the electronic computer.

Zoological Museum Amsterdam

Scientists from all over the world visit the Zoological Museum to study its collection of specimens.

Library collections

Apart from the collections in the large central library, the UvA also holds many smaller specialised collections.