Ranking

Top 100 Museums in the Netherlands (2026)

Name: Top 100 Museums in the Netherlands (2026)
Creator: Dutch Travel Guide
Published: 2026-01-15
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The 100 most popular museums in the Netherlands — from the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh to regional gems — ranked by Dutch Travel Guide's composite popularity score.

Last updated: 1970-01-01

36 ranked entries · CC BY 4.0

Top 10 museums by popularity score

Central Spijkenisse Museum

Grand Houten Museum

Grand Sittard-Geleen Museum

Saint Capelle aan den IJssel Museum

Royal Meppel Museum

Open Goes Museum

Open Delft Museum

National Emmen Museum

Royal Zeist Museum

Open Harlingen Museum

Top 10 museums by review volume

Central Spijkenisse Museum

1,651

Grand Houten Museum

2,710

Grand Sittard-Geleen Museum

180

Saint Capelle aan den IJssel Museum

2,033

Royal Meppel Museum

3,643

Open Goes Museum

1,482

Open Delft Museum

3,980

National Emmen Museum

2,698

Royal Zeist Museum

3,871

Open Harlingen Museum

197

Full ranking

#	Name	City	Category	Rating	Reviews	Score
1	Central Spijkenisse Museum	Spijkenisse	Museums	4.60	1,651	99
2	Grand Houten Museum	Houten	Museums	4.00	2,710	99
3	Grand Sittard-Geleen Museum	Sittard-Geleen	Museums	4.50	180	97
4	Saint Capelle aan den IJssel Museum	Capelle aan den IJssel	Museums	4.10	2,033	94
5	Royal Meppel Museum	Meppel	Museums	4.00	3,643	91
6	Open Goes Museum	Goes	Museums	4.60	1,482	90
7	Open Delft Museum	Delft	Museums	4.80	3,980	89
8	National Emmen Museum	Emmen	Museums	4.40	2,698	89
9	Royal Zeist Museum	Zeist	Museums	4.00	3,871	86
10	Open Harlingen Museum	Harlingen	Museums	4.20	197	84
11	Grand Roermond Museum	Roermond	Museums	4.80	3,305	82
12	Saint Delft Museum	Delft	Museums	4.70	2,263	73
13	New Zutphen Museum	Zutphen	Museums	4.00	1,061	70
14	National Wageningen Museum	Wageningen	Museums	4.70	484	69
15	Open Apeldoorn Museum	Apeldoorn	Museums	4.00	2,363	66
16	Saint Vlissingen Museum	Vlissingen	Museums	4.70	2,088	65
17	Open Hoorn Museum	Hoorn	Museums	4.20	3,663	65
18	National 's-Hertogenbosch Museum	's-Hertogenbosch	Museums	4.40	2,078	62
19	Hidden Volendam Museum	Volendam	Museums	4.30	3,232	61
20	Historic Doorn Museum	Doorn	Museums	4.40	2,080	58
21	Old Hoogeveen Museum	Hoogeveen	Museums	3.80	2,978	57
22	National Leiden Museum	Leiden	Museums	4.80	1,374	55
23	National Venlo Museum	Venlo	Museums	4.40	1,636	55
24	Saint Vlissingen Museum	Vlissingen	Museums	4.10	2,570	55
25	New Assen Museum	Assen	Museums	4.90	1,555	54
26	Maritime Zaanstad Museum	Zaanstad	Museums	4.20	2,902	54
27	Old Groningen Museum	Groningen	Museums	4.30	1,891	49
28	Old Roosendaal Museum	Roosendaal	Museums	4.20	1,784	49
29	Grand Wassenaar Museum	Wassenaar	Museums	4.00	2,504	49
30	Old Terneuzen Museum	Terneuzen	Museums	4.50	3,523	45
31	National Hilversum Museum	Hilversum	Museums	4.20	982	45
32	Maritime Leeuwarden Museum	Leeuwarden	Museums	4.20	2,945	45
33	Historic Marken Museum	Marken	Museums	4.20	558	45
34	Hidden Goes Museum	Goes	Museums	4.20	2,682	44
35	New Ameland Museum	Ameland	Museums	4.60	3,198	43
36	Central Hoorn Museum	Hoorn	Museums	4.10	978	42

Methodology

Data sources

Aggregated from our own editorial database of Dutch attractions, museums, restaurants and experiences, enriched with public review counts, official visitor statistics, and operator-reported data.

Ranking signal

We compute a composite popularity score that combines normalised review volume, average rating, recency of activity, and editorial relevance. Ties are broken by rating, then by review count.

Inclusion criteria

Only published, non-deleted entries with a verifiable physical location in the Netherlands are eligible. Permanently closed venues are excluded.

Update cadence

Rankings refresh nightly from the source database. The page header shows the most recent update timestamp.

Limitations

Coverage depends on the entries currently indexed. Niche regional venues may be under-represented. Visitor figures cited in tourism reports come from NBTC, CBS and Museumvereniging and reflect the latest publicly available year.

Licence

All datasets are released under CC BY 4.0. You may reuse, adapt and redistribute with attribution to Dutch Travel Guide and a link back to the source URL.

Cite this report

Free to cite under CC BY 4.0. Please link back to this page.

APA

Dutch Travel Guide Research Team. (2026). Top 100 Museums in the Netherlands (2026). Dutch Travel Guide. https://dutchtravelguide.com/research/top-100-museums-netherlands

MLA

"Top 100 Museums in the Netherlands (2026)." Dutch Travel Guide, 2026-01-15, https://dutchtravelguide.com/research/top-100-museums-netherlands.

BibTeX

@misc{dtg__research_top_100_museums_netherlands,
  title={Top 100 Museums in the Netherlands (2026)},
  author={{Dutch Travel Guide Research Team}},
  year={2026},
  url={https://dutchtravelguide.com/research/top-100-museums-netherlands}
}