Luggage storage The Van Gogh Museum

Storage and bag rules at the Van Gogh Museum

The Van Gogh Museum's own cloakroom has self-service lockers for coats, handbags, small backpacks up to 45×25×25 cm, and umbrellas, locked electronically with a numeric code you set yourself. Anything larger than that — large rucksacks, wheeled suitcases, trolleys, or other bulky luggage — won't fit and isn't accepted.

There's no clear-bag rule, but security may screen bags at the entrance, and you're obliged to cooperate with a search of bags, suitcases, coats, or other carried items when asked. Items exceeding the maximum permitted size of 45×25×25 cm are prohibited from being brought into the museum. With Stasher, you can store bags from €1.49 per bag a day at 10+ locations near The Van Gogh Museum.

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Getting to the museum with luggage

The Van Gogh Museum sits on Museumplein in Amsterdam, and the closest practical tram stop is Museumplein itself, about a 2-minute walk from the entrance, served by tram 2, 5, or 24 and bus 357 or 397. Concertgebouw is nearby too, with trams 5, 12, and 24 plus buses 347 and 357. Metro 52 stops at Vijzelgracht, an 8-minute walk away, and the Amsterdam Airport Express bus 397 runs directly from Schiphol to Museumplein. Wheelchair users can enter via the main entrance on Museumplein, and an external lift is available at the group entrance on Paulus Potterstraat 7.

Nearby attractions and their bag rules

The Rijksmuseum, the national museum known for Rembrandt's The Night Watch and Vermeer's The Milkmaid, offers a free supervised cloakroom for daypacks and smaller items but nothing for large bags or travel luggage. It opens daily from 9 am to 5 pm, and you need to book a start time in advance.

The Heineken Experience, set in the original brewery, has a free cloakroom for bags up to 32 x 25.5 x 49 cm, though trolley suitcases and carry-on luggage can't be stored there. It is served by tram 24, which stops at Marie Heinekenplein directly outside, as well as trams 7 and 19 and metro line 52, all of which are within a 5-minute walk of the entrance.

The Albert Cuyp Market, Europe's largest daily market for produce, food, clothing, and fabrics, draws plenty of visitors, but its bag rules aren't specified here.

Leaving bags at Amsterdam's main stations

Amsterdam Centraal has official station lockers outside the building at the western end, useful whether you're arriving on domestic Intercity and Sprinter services or international Eurostar, ICE, European Sleeper, or Nightjet trains. Amsterdam Zuid is a different story — it has no left-luggage or locker facilities of its own, despite direct rail links to Schiphol and onward Eurocity Direct services to Antwerp and Brussels Midi.