Anne Frank House — official website only, on a weekly release
Anne Frank House: how do you actually get a ticket — and can a tour include entry?
Full Amsterdam destination guideOur answer
Work out which Tuesday release covers your visit date, be online at 10:00 Amsterdam time, and buy directly from the museum.
- Best for
- Travellers who know their Amsterdam dates at least six weeks ahead
- Main drawback
- Sells out quickly, sometimes within minutes
Book official
Want it explained? This buys guidance and context, not admission.
An alternative for a different kind of traveller — it does not replace the route we recommend above.
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Tickets are sold exclusively on the museum's own site for a specific time slot, released weekly for a date six weeks later. No third party can legitimately include museum admission, and there is no waiting list.
Fact-checked against official visitor information · Reviewed 26 August 2026
We use primary sources only — operator and monument websites. Prices, ratings, reviews and popularity are never used to decide a Ramavera recommendation.
About our research (2 primary sources)
Why we recommend it
- The museum states that it can only be visited with a ticket bought online for a specific time slot, sold through its own website.
- The release model — all tickets for a date six weeks ahead going live at a fixed weekly moment — makes timing, not spending, the deciding factor.
- The museum warns about fraudulent lookalike sites, so channel discipline protects both your money and your visit.
Best for
- Travellers who know their Amsterdam dates at least six weeks ahead
- Anyone willing to set an alarm for the release
- Visitors who want the house itself, not a general history walk
Not ideal for
- Spontaneous trips — there is no door sale and no waiting list
- Travellers hoping a city pass or tour will cover entry
- Anyone unable to commit to a fixed time slot
Pros
- Completely transparent, published release mechanism
- Fixed time slots keep the house manageable inside
- Direct purchase eliminates reseller fraud risk
Cons
- Sells out quickly, sometimes within minutes
- No flexibility once your slot is booked
- Closure dates can affect specific days
Booking considerations
- Calculate your release date: all tickets for a visit become available six weeks earlier, at 10:00 Amsterdam time on the Tuesday.
- Only bank or credit card payment is accepted, so have payment ready before the release.
- Check the museum's published closure dates before planning around a specific day.
Current operational rules
These changeable venue rules are stored separately from our editorial decision and dated to their latest primary-source check.
- Release model
- Every Tuesday at 10:00 CEST all tickets become available for a visit six weeks later; if a date is sold out there is no waiting list.
- Verified 26 August 2026 · Primary source
- Sales channel
- Tickets are for sale only through the museum's own ticket website, and the museum warns about fraudulent sites with similar URLs.
- Verified 26 August 2026 · Primary source
- Entry conditions
- The museum can only be visited with an online ticket for a specific time slot, including for children and discount-card holders, and accepts card payment only.
- Verified 26 August 2026 · Primary source
Official vs third-party
Third-party 'Anne Frank' products are neighbourhood or Jewish-history walking tours of the Jordaan. They can be worthwhile, but they do not include museum admission and must not be bought as though they do.
Alternatives we considered
Jewish-history or Jordaan walking tour
When it wins: When you missed the release but still want the historical context.
Why we didn't pick it: It is not museum entry, and any listing implying otherwise is misleading.
Trying again at a later release
When it wins: Flexible travel dates.
Why we didn't pick it: Only works if you can move your visit day.
The National Holocaust Museum or Jewish Cultural Quarter instead
When it wins: When you want the wider history and cannot get a slot.
Why we didn't pick it: A different institution and a different experience, though a serious one.
The Ramavera verdict
This is a calendar decision, not a shopping decision. Diary the release, buy direct, and treat everything else sold under this name as a separate product.
How Ramavera recommends booking this
Our research says the operator's own channel is the right place to buy.
Work out which Tuesday release covers your visit date, be online at 10:00 Amsterdam time, and buy directly from the museum.
Book official ticketFact-checked against official visitor information · Reviewed 26 August 2026
We use primary sources only — operator and monument websites. Prices, ratings, reviews and popularity are never used to decide a Ramavera recommendation.
About our research (2 primary sources)
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