“What was this building before it became a museum?” is printed on the Amsterdam History Museum’s ticket I got in my visit last Wednesday. The answer: it was an orphanage.
The Little Orphanage
In retrospect to the legacy, the museum displayed an interesting exhibition about a typical Dutch orphanage in the 17th century.
Reception of the orphanage.
Visitors can get the exhibition token from the museum’s cashier. The token is used as a passkey to enter the exhibit, and if you hover the token to the red signs in the exhibition, particular audio recording (either a simulation of the orphanage, or a narrator explaining about it) will be played. Too bad the whole thing is in Dutch, so I couldn’t understand anything…
The orphanage's office.
However, the exhibition itself is nice. The space used is very narrow, divided into two storeys, but I think it perfectly reflects the condition of orphanages in that era.
Dinner for the orphans.
Small, cramped beds in the attic.
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- “The Little Orphanage”
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- Reception of the “orphanage”.
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- The orphanage’s office.
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- Dinner for the orphans.
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- Small, cramped beds in the attic.
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