Van Gogh Museum tickets from EUR 27, online only with timed entry. How booking works, why it sells out, what the ticket includes and the best timeslots to choose.
Van Gogh Museum tickets are the most searched, most sold out entry in Amsterdam: over a million visitors a year file past the world's largest Vincent van Gogh collection, and every one of them booked online, because the museum sells no tickets at the door. Entry runs from EUR 27 with a timed slot, and the calendar in high season closes out days in advance.
Why is this ticket different from every other museum in Amsterdam?
Two reasons. First, demand: 200 paintings, 500 drawings and more than 750 letters, including Sunflowers, Almond Blossom and The Potato Eaters, make it the densest Van Gogh collection on earth, in the artist's own country. Second, the sales model: online only, strict timeslots, 365 days a year. There is no queue to outsmart and no desk to charm; the booking IS the visit.
Is the Van Gogh Museum included in any pass?
No, and this trips up more visitors than anything else on this site: the I amsterdam City Card explicitly excludes it, and so do the Go City passes. Whatever pass strategy you build on the City Card Amsterdam homepage, this ticket is always a separate line in the budget. Treat that as liberating: the pass math and the Van Gogh decision never interfere with each other.
What do Van Gogh Museum tickets include?
All permanent galleries and the temporary exhibitions of the day; through summer 2026 that means Vincent's Path to Fame, tracing how an unsold painter became a global legend, with The Harvest and Almond Blossom starring. The multimedia guide in 11 languages costs a few euros extra on the option and earns them: the letters between Vincent and Theo, read in your ear beside the paintings they describe, are the museum's soul.
Which Van Gogh Museum timeslot should you book?
Opening slot or the last two hours. The 9:00 entry gives you the Sunflowers nearly alone for twenty minutes; the late afternoon slots empty out as the coach groups leave. Midday on a rainy day is the crowd peak, every local will tell you the same. Plan two to three hours inside; the building is deceptively large across its four floors.
How to visit without wasting a minute
The itinerary below walks the visit floor by floor. Getting there is easy from anywhere: Museumplein sits on tram lines 2, 5 and 12, all covered by a GVB ticket or the transport half of the City Card, and the hop-on hop-off loop stops on the square itself.
Prices from 27 EUR as of 2026-07-20. Prices may vary; confirmed live at checkout.
(≈ $31 / £23, ECB 2026-07-20)
