The Anne Frank House preserves the hidden rooms behind Otto Frank's business on the Prinsengracht, where eight people lived in concealment for just over two years. Tickets are sold online only, in timed slots, and they sell out well ahead.
The rooms behind the hinged bookcase where the Frank and van Pels families and Fritz Pfeffer hid. At Otto Frank's request the spaces are kept empty of furniture.
The original red-checked diary and her other writings are on display in the museum galleries alongside the history of the eight people in hiding and those who helped them.
Exhibits set the hiding place in the context of the German occupation of the Netherlands, the betrayal and deportation in August 1944, and what happened afterwards.
Tickets are only sold on annefrank.org, for a specific date and time, and are typically released about six weeks ahead with a further batch released each day. There is no ticket office at the door. Photography inside is not allowed, and the annexe has steep stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
This is one of the hardest tickets in Amsterdam to get. Set a reminder for when your date's tickets are released, or try the daily release at the advertised time.
The route through the house takes about an hour. It is quiet, narrow and emotionally heavy; it is not a place to rush a large group through.
The Westerkerk, whose bells Anne mentions in the diary, is next door, and the Jordaan around it is one of the most walkable parts of the city.
Can I buy tickets at the door?
No. All tickets are sold online for a timed slot on annefrank.org. The house does not sell tickets on site.
When are tickets released?
A block of tickets is released roughly six weeks in advance, and more are released each day at a set time. Both sell out quickly.
How long does a visit take?
About an hour to walk through the house and the exhibition rooms.
Is it suitable for young children?
The museum suggests it is most meaningful for visitors aged around 10 and up. The stairs are steep and there are no lifts in the annexe.
Anne Frank, her parents, her sister and four other people hid in the rear annexe of the building at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam from July 1942 until their arrest in August 1944. Anne died in Bergen-Belsen in early 1945; her father Otto was the only one of the eight to survive.
Otto Frank published his daughter's diary in 1947, and the house was saved from demolition and opened as a museum in 1960. It is run by the Anne Frank Stichting, which also carries out education work internationally.
This page is an independent guide for visitors, covering the Anne Frank Stichting.
