Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam

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The City Museum Amsterdam is a museum for modern art. It is located at Museum Square, close to the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum, but actually I didn't visit it ecause I had no time. There were special exhibitions when I was there because it's historical building has been reopened in 2008 after a big renovation.

El Museo Municipal de Ámsterdam es un museo de arte moderno. Se encuentra en la Plaza de los Museos, junto al Rijksmuseum y el Museo de Van Gogh, pero verdaderamente no lo visité porque no tuve tiempo. Cuando estuve allí había exposiciones especiales para festejar la reapertura de su edificio histórico en 2008, que había sido objeto de importantes renovaciones.

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Amsterdam's "MOMA" - its Museum of modern and contemporary art - is temporarily located (at least until 2010) in the "POST CS" building - an old office and warehouse center for the post office. Lots of interesting temporary exhibits are being staged here while large-scale renovations are being made to the permanent building located close to the Rijksmuseum on Museumplein.

The Post CS building was designed by a famous modernist, Piet Elling, and is considered to be a classic of its type. My friend and I didn't have a chance to go to the Stedelijk, even though there was an interesting exhibit of modern news photography that I would have liked to see. However, we did pay a visit to the club on the 11th floor - quite nice!

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I thoroughly enjoyed this museum. After the dissappointment of not being able to go the Rijksmuseum (temporarily closed to clean asbestos out), the Stedelijk cheered me up. It houses a wonderful collection that includes some Chagall, Picasso, deKooning, Mondrian as well as some wonderful pieces from lesser known artists. I was particularly fascinated with some of the amazing photographs.

UPDATE: The Stedelijk is no longer on the Museumplein but down by the waterfront and the Nemo.

I've first seen this museum from the boat. But when I decided to visit it I realized knowing the location did not help me to find it. After a long walk on water (!) in a rainy day, I finally reached the building. It reminded me Istanbul Modern, our modern art museum in Istanbul: Same unpainted concrete walls, same cold interior, same high ceilings. But in Istanbul, you don't feel the same. There is nothing but old buildings in Amsterdam. After this historical ambiance, modern art could be a little bit strange.
I like to see new creations of new artists. Some of them are really impressive. I don't remember all of them but one of the video recordings is unforgettable. I'll tell the history, as could as I remember:
It is about a homeless man who lived in Paris. He was from a South American country. One day he moved to Paris and started to live there, in streets, of course. Then the story begins: Our man had wanted a cup of coffee from a shop, the owner rejected. Homeless man got undressed to protest him. They put him under control after this incident. After 1 year or a period like that, they released him. Then he went to same café to ask for a cup of coffee. The owner rejected. He got undressed and put in jail or something. This repeated too many times. And authorities decided to deport him. I am not sure but I remember that he died before got deported.

It is built in 1895 (neorenaissance style designed by A.W. Weissman) to house the works which were given to the city from Sophia de Bruyn. However since 1938 it is a national museum for modern art, where you can find works from Picasso, Matisse, Mondriaan, Cézanne en Monet. There are also regularly temporary exhibitions.
Due to the renovation and expansion of the building is the Stedelijk Museum closed.
Museum is now located in former TPG Building (the post group) - near Central Station.
The temporary address is: Oosterdokskade 3-5, Amsterdam

The Stedelijk Museum is one of Europe's most important museums for modern and contemporary art. The Stedelijk Museum has a wide-ranging program of exhibitions. Impressionism, pop art or minimalism: you can see it all in the Stedelijk Museum. It is a dynamic museum that closely follows developments in art, particularly those of the second half of the 20th century. It is famous for the collection of paintings and sculptures, drawings, prints, photography, graphic design, applied art, and new media.
The Stedelijk Museum is well known for its trend-setting and discussion-provoking exhibitions. Large retrospectives of famous modern artists can be seen, for example, works from Cezanne, Chagall, Picasso and Monet. However, you can also find smaller exhibitions on young artists. A changing selection from the permanent collection can be seen in various arrangements.

Well, I know this is not really worthful for most of tourists, but if you are interested in modern art or in design, this is the place to go.

The stuff there use to be always changing, so maybe you won't see the same I did.
I enjoyed a lot with a 60's design exhibition, with posters, furniture and so on.
Then, in the first floor, there was what I supose is the permanent collection: works by Malevich, Chagall, Mondriaan and so on. If those names doesn't mean nothing to you, don't waste your time there, heh, you won't like it.

The opening times are from 11.00 to 17.00, daily. The tickets costs 7,00 EUR.

The Stedelijk museum of modern art is the most important museum of modern and contemporary art in the Netherlands. It is a dynamic museum that presents developement in the visual arts. A number of works are permanently on view from the Stedelijk Museum's renowns collection of paintings and sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, graphic design, applied art and design.
There are always a number of frequently changing exhibitions on view as well. Large reprospectives featuring well known artists, as well as small shows presenting younger artists. In short, a museum dedicated to the new.