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The Cat Cabinet (Kattenkabinet)


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #30 of 389 attractions in Amsterdam
Traveller Description: A museum for cat lovers that features a collection of objects d'art wholly centered around the theme of our feline friends.
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Attraction type: Art gallery, Historic home
Address: Herengracht 497 Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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5 of 5 stars
berlin, germany
25 Jul 2009
1
person found this review helpful

I give this place a 5 simply because there is no other like it in the world. Housed in a 17th century building whose residents include American president John Adam and a mayor of Amsterdam, there are live cats, 4 at last count, along with vintage feline commercial art posters (one by Toulouse Lautrec), sculptures, paintings and poems. Many of... more

19 Jul 2009

Ok, I am a cat lover, 2 of my own and have always had cat's in my life, but this is not a museum, its a galley fo some cat figures and some cat posters. There are 3 rooms upstairs, each with posters and a sofa, on each we found a sleeping cat, downstairs a room with cat posters to... more

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4 of 5 stars
england
15 Jun 2009

If you're cat mad, this is a must. A tiny little place - takes 15 minutes to walk round - but worth seeing, just for the whole bizarreness of it! And if you're missing a kitty fix whilst on holidays, head here where you can stroke the feline residents to your heart's content. Lots of lovely posters for sale in... more

21 Apr 2009
1
person found this review helpful

It's definitely worth a visit especially for cat lovers. The house itself is very beautifuly decorated, and the art collection dedicated to cats is very interesting too. There are 4 cats living there who are friendly to visitors, and it makes this place even more pleasant to visit. The place is about 5-7 minutes walking from the floating flower market. more

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5 of 5 stars
New York
20 Feb 2009
2
people found this review helpful

OK - I am a cat lover and so is my husband. We totally loved this museum. The artwork is all cat related but includes paintings, sculptures, photos, etc. We loved the fact that it was housed in a beautiful old canal house. Almost felt like walking around someone's home - there were very few people there but staff was... more

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3 of 5 stars
London, United Kingdom
9 Dec 2008
1
person found this review helpful

We visited the Kattenkabinet on a recent trip to Amsterdam, as being cat lovers ourselves, thought it would make an interesting visit. The museum consists of posters, paintings and objets d'art of cats, with a couple of real-life ones mooching about the place. For us, it was slightly disappointing, as we thought it would actually be a museum to do... more

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5 of 5 stars
Virden, Illinois
24 Oct 2008
2
people found this review helpful

The main goal of this museum is an art collection showcasing cats from all different cultures and times using many mediums: cartoons, figurines, paintings, prints, sculptures- and there are live resident cats hanging out too. The canal house that the museum is situated in is definately worth a tour- there are 5 rooms to go in, a ballroom from 1750,... more

16 Mar 2009

たまらないかんじですね~実際犬派の私も楽しめました。とにかくありとあらゆる猫の絵が飾られおります。ポスターも売られており... more

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The Cat Cabinet (Kattenkabinet) Address

Herengracht 497, Amsterdam, The Netherlands