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Address

Visiting address KIT
Mauritskade 63
1092 AD  Amsterdam

Central reception & information
Telephone + 31 20 568 8711
Fax + 31 20 668 4579

Accessibility
Tropenmuseum and the small hall of the Tropentheater are well accessible for visitors with physical disabilities. The Maurits Chamber is not accessible for wheelchair users. All other levels, galleries and entrances are accessible to wheelchair users via lifts and ramps. Other parts of the institute do in some cases require some assistance. Please contact us in advance and we will make sure that somebody is available to accompany your visit. Please contact Hellend Vlak (020) 568 8379 if you have any queries about parking or entering our buildings.

Route description & parking

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By car
Leave the ring road A10 via the exit Watergraafsmeer/ Diemen (S113): follow the Middenweg (direction Centrum/ Watergraafsmeer), which turns into the Linnaeusstraat. KIT is at the corner of the Linnaeusstraat and the Mauritskade. There are paid parking facilities in the vicinity.

By public transport
From Amsterdam Central Station: tram 9, bus 22
From Amsterdam Muiderpoort Station: tram 3 or 7
From Dam square: tram 9 or 14
From Leidseplein: tram 7 or 10
From Museumplein: tram 3

Taxi rank
In front of Central Station
KIT: just outside KIT premises on the Linnaeusstraat
(tel. 020 – 3 623 820 or 020 - 6 777 777)

Parking
There are enough on-street parking area’ s near KIT. Please note that all parking in the centre of Amsterdam is metered from Monday through Saturday, 09.00 to 19.00. For rates and other parking information, please visit  http://www.bereikbaaramsterdam.nl. Parking meters take coins and Chipknip smart cards.

Opening times

KIT Library: Monday through Thursday 10.00 till 17.00 hrs.

Resource Center Tropenmuseum: Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday 10.00 till 16.45 hrs.

Tropenmuseum: daily 10 am - 5 pm
5, 24 and 31 December 10 am - 3 pm
Closed on 1 January, 30 April, 5 May and 25 December
Box office: Monday until Friday 12 - 6 pm, Saturday 2 - 6 pm
Museum shop: Monday until Friday 10 am - 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11 am - 5 pm
Museum restaurant Ekeko: Daily 10 am - 5 pm  (Ekeko is only accessible with a valid ticket)
Café-Restaurant Soeterijn: Tuesday until Friday 12 - 10 pm, Saturday 4.30 to 10 pm

Admission fees

Tropenmuseum
For more information about our rates please visit the webpage of Tropenmuseum.

Tropentheater
You can order tickets online 24 hours a day by using a credit card. Rates depend on the performance. For more information please visit the webpage of Tropentheater.