Anne Frank House: booking tickets and planning your visit

Updated on October 1, 2026

The Anne Frank House is the house at Prinsengracht 263 where Anne Frank, her family and four other people hid from 1942 to 1944, in the Secret Annex. The museum is open every day from 9 am to 10 pm; an adult ticket costs €16.50 and can only be booked online, for a set time slot. Allow about an hour for the visit. The rooms are small and the stairs very steep: the museum sets a minimum age of 10 and asks visitors not to bring large bags.

Highlights

The house on the Prinsengracht

The facade at number 263 housed the business of Otto Frank, Anne's father. The offices and warehouse were in the front house; the hiding place was in the rear building, out of sight from the canal. The museum entrance is in the modern building next door, at Westermarkt 20.

The Secret Annex

It is reached by the staircase hidden behind a revolving bookcase. The rooms have been left empty, at the request of Otto Frank, the only survivor of the eight people in hiding; the photos and postcards Anne stuck on her bedroom wall and the pencil marks recording the height of Anne and her sister Margot are still there.

Anne Frank's diary

Anne kept her diary during the two years spent in hiding. The museum displays the original red-checked notebook, along with objects, documents and testimonies that trace the lives of the people in hiding and of those who helped them.

The museum and the Westermarkt

Seen from the Westerkerk tower, the house stands on the Prinsengracht, next to the church whose carillon Anne could hear from the hiding place. The museum café overlooks the canal.

Opening hours and prices

Open every day from 9 am to 10 pm, with exceptions: 12 noon to 10 pm on 1 January, 9 am to 5 pm on 27 April (King's Day), 4 May, 25 and 31 December; closed on Yom Kippur. Adults €16.50, ages 10-17 €7, ages 0-9 €1, Museumkaart holders €1 (including a €1 booking fee). The 30-minute introductory programme, in English, costs €7 extra per ticket. The I amsterdam City Card and student cards give no discount.

Infos pratiques

Tips

Tickets are sold only on the official Anne Frank House website, never on site. They are released every Tuesday at 10 am Amsterdam time for visits six weeks later, and go quickly: book as soon as sales open. The audio tour is included, in 9 languages including English. Only bags smaller than an A4 sheet are allowed inside; the cloakroom does not take suitcases or large backpacks. No photography, card payment only. Prices checked in October 2026.

How to get there

Entrance at Westermarkt 20, 1016 DK Amsterdam (the house is at Prinsengracht 263-267). A 20-minute walk from Amsterdam Centraal station. During the Rozengracht roadworks, no tram serves the Westermarkt stop: get off at the Dam tram stop, a 10-minute walk away. The nearest metro station is Rokin (line 52), about 15 minutes on foot.