Museum
Willet-Holthuysen House
Herengracht 605, 1017 CE Amsterdam
Preserved nineteenth-century canal house museum showcasing a wealthy couple's art and silver collection.
This guide to the Willet-Holthuysen House in Amsterdam traces the marriage of Louisa Holthuysen, heir to a coal and glass fortune, and the collector Abraham Willet, who filled the Herengracht mansion with silver, ceramics and paintings. You'll hear about the ceiling by Jacob de Wit, the costumed balls in the Louis Seize ballroom, and the years Louisa spent alone here after Abraham's death. It ends with the condition she attached to the house when she left it behind.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.