The Anne Frank House

For more than two years Anne Frank and her family lived in the annex of the building at Prinsengracht 263 where Anne’s father, Otto Frank, also had his business. The Van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer hid there with them. The doorway to the annex was concealed behind a moveable bookcase constructed especially for this purpose.

The office personnel knew of the hiding place and helped the eight people by supplying them with food and news of the outside world. On August 4, 1944, the hiding place was betrayed. The people in hiding were deported to various concentration camps. Only Otto Frank survived the war, who later on published the diary of his daughter.

Nowadays, the rooms at the Anne Frank House, though empty, still breathe the atmosphere of that period of time. Quotations from the diary, historical documents, photographs, film images, and original objects that belonged to those in hiding and the helpers illustrate the events that took place here.

Anne’s original diary and other notebooks are on display in the museum. In the multimedia space, visitors can go on a “virtual journey” through the Anne Frank House, accessing background information about the people in hiding and World War II. A contemporary exhibition is presented in the exhibition hall.

Opening hours

Daily from 9 AM – 7 PM. From April through August from 9 AM – 9 PM.
On January 1st from 12 noon – 7 PM.
On May 4th from 9 AM – 7 PM.
On December 16th from 9 AM – 5 PM.
On December 25th from 12 noon – 5 PM
On December 31th from 9 AM – 5 PM.

Last admittance: 30 minutes prior to closing.