Amsterdam Dungeon

The Amsterdam Dungeon (also: Amsterdam Dungeon ) in Amsterdam ( province of Noord-Holland ) is a combination of museum, theater and attraction. It provides information on actually prolapsed events from the history of Amsterdam. The performances will take place in eleven rooms and visitors are accompanied by about seven actors. In Blackpool, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Berlin, London and York Dungeon are also museums.

History

The company Merlin Entertainments Group (MEG ) opened in September 2005, The Amsterdam Dungeon in the center of Amsterdam in the street Rokin.

The building has a historical background and therefore are most suitable for housing the museum. At this point, in 1345 the miracle of Amsterdam ( " silence Omgang called " also ) occurred. To commemorate this event, a church was built ( 1346-1347 ), the Holy Stede. Since the building is a listed building ( Rijksmonument ), archaeological investigations were carried out first before MEG could set up the museum. Thus, among other things, the family grave of a former rich merchant, Gherrit Guertsen Doothooft discovered. Over time, a mosque, the Park Plaza and an action house stayed in the house.

The Amsterdam Dungeon has a mirror maze and a short roller coaster. With a group of maximum 30 persons the dark side ( " Duistere edge ") of Amsterdam's history are presented in eleven rooms.

  • Room 1: the " dark side " of Amsterdam - the former church.
  • Room 2: the bloody Inquisition. Torture chamber and tools.
  • Room 3: Magical Music in the Music bar, where shares a magician warnings.
  • Room 4: About the Batavia, a ship of the Dutch East India Company, with its grisly circumstances of disease, violence and death.
  • Room 5: An anatomical theater of Doctor Deyman. The infamous criminals " Zwarte Jan" will be autopsied.
  • Room 6: The dead camera.
  • Room 7: The Spanish Inquisition about 1600.
  • Room 8: ghost, witch hunts.
  • Room 9: The dark streets of Amsterdam in the mirror maze.
  • Room 10: The plague epidemic of 1664th
  • Room 11: Lean Hein of death. The last trip to the demise

In Marco Polo Travel Atlas Amsterdam The Amsterdam Dungeon is paraphrased as " For fans of the macabre; Scary exhibition about the dark side of Amsterdam history, including live demonstrations and ghost train ride. "

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