Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum Full of Curiosities

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is an interactive museum full of curiosities. It is up to you, the visitor, to decide if what you see and read is fact or fiction. Ripley’s is certainly not an average museum but five floors full of the most bizarre objects. You stand next to the tallest man in the world and you meet a female vampire with bizarre tattoos, a small section of the Berlin Wall and a cut into two Trabant car, a woman from Myanmar with a stretched neck and replicas of the British Crown jewels

Ripley’s in Amsterdam

When you visit Ripley’s, you take a look into the strange world of Robert Ripley, American, cartoonist, adventurer and also collector of bizarre objects and stories.

His collections of stories and objects draws a large crowd and can be seen in many cities around the world and also in Amsterdam. Each location has a unique exhibit. In Amsterdam, this is an authentic Transformer from one of the Transformer films.

TIP: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is very popular, so buy tickets online in advance.

Highlights

• Shrunken human head
• Giant spider web
• Robot made up of over 100,000 car parts
• Mirror maze
• 5D cinema with moving seats, water, wind and special effects.
• A microchip with the complete bible text
• An original Russian space suit
• Portraits of celebrities such as Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga, made of chewing gum, crayons and rose petals

Experience the Impossible

Step into a dizzying space tunnel and climb a seven-meter high robot. Sit in a gigantic wooden clog and discover many more bizarre things. End your adventure in the designer lounge and indulge in Dutch and American delicacies.

Who was Ripley?

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! originated from the work of American cartoonist and adventurer Robert Ripley. In the 1920s, he created a popular newspaper comic strip called “Believe It or Not!” He collected and presented bizarre facts and stories from all over the world. This comic strip quickly became a great success and appeared in more than 300 newspapers.

In 1933, Ripley opened his first “Odditorium” in Chicago, where he presented his collection of curiosities to the public. This marked the first step in the development of the Ripley’s empire.

With this success, Ripley quickly opened more locations in the United States and then around the world. The company expanded and began publishing books, television shows, and movies.

Today, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! has locations in over 100 cities worldwide.

Address: Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Dam Square 21, Amsterdam
Opening hours: 10:00-22:00

Looking for another weird museum in Amsterdam? Then definitely visit Body Worlds and shiver or experience hanging upside down in the Upside Down Musuem