This is a must-see for anyone visiting Amsterdam.  You read about it as a child, but it is still hard to phantom how a family could live in such a small space for two years with minimal noise and no ability to go outdoors.  The museum is beautifully set up in an attempt to recreate the Franks' lives.  Note that they will likely not let you in more than 10 min early as the museum is always packed.  You are also following people given the small space so it's always crowded.  If you prefer to avoid the crowd, I would book the first time slot of the day.  The tour will take about an hour as you walk through all the rooms and read everything.  The tour also comes with a free audio guide, which is used for up until you go up the stairs through the bookcase.  They do have a coat check.  You can also carry a small backpack, but you will have to move it to the front of your body once you go through the stairs due to small space. Book your tickets early as they do sell out. 

We went there in the morning to pick up our tickets on site with cash: know that almost all museums and even restaurants in Amsterdam only take the blue card. Here it was even impossible to take your ticket on site, the reservation on the internet is mandatory with dedicated time slots. No problem if their site doesn’t crash every time you try to pay. After 3 attempts we finally managed to pay. A changing room is available inside (free) as well as audio guides in the language of your choice (free). Toilets are available inside. It is forbidden to take pictures in the museum. The museum is top, plan about 1h30 if you really read everything. I recommend this Amsterdam must despite the fact that the staff at the entrance scanning tickets are useless when it comes to providing solutions or answers to our questions.

On our recent trip to Amsterdam, touring the Anne Frank House was on our priority list of things to do. Seeing they sell tickets only on their online website on Tuesdays at 10 AM Amsterdam time 6 weeks ahead of your intended entry date, we set our alarm clock for 2:45 am (we live in Texas) and was ready to purchase when they went on sale at 3 AM our time. Glad we did so, the tickets were sold out in minutes. I would highly recommend purchasing the pre tour introductory program for 7 euros more than the museum entry price. Our tickets cost us 23 euros each. The program gave us a great understanding of what we were about to see from a very knowledgeable and fun presenter. Also, taking pictures inside the Anne Frank House is not allowed nut you can take all the pictures you want of the pictures inside the area where the program is given.

Great museum. Most importantly, you need to buy the timed admission ticket as soon as they go on sale, which is approximately 6 weeks prior to the date you want to go. They sell out quickly. You're given a handset upon entry and guided through each room. You can spend as much time as you want, but it takes about 1 hour to go through the entire museum. Well worth the time.

The top spot on my Honey's list that she wanted to see in Amsterdam. Tickets go quickly online so I strongly recommend going to their website 10 am (Amsterdam time) Tuesday six weeks prior to your visit. We had tickets for the video discussion prior to the tour which was very enlightening. We highly recommend you pay the small additional cost, as the walking tour is self guided with recordings presented at numbered locations through supplied earpieces. You tour all four floors with numerous displays scattered throughout. There is a gift shop that also serves food inside near the end of tour. Some of the stairs can be challenging if you have walking limitations. We were glad we toured Ann Frank's house as though this occurred eighty years ago we must never forget. We highly recommend.

A very excellent Museum and memorial place. It was very solemn, and touching, quite emotional. You MUST book your tickets a month ahead or the soonest the website allows if you are going in Prime summer season. Only book on the Anne Frank House website. It takes about 2-2-1/2 hrs to walk through. There will be tight spaces and it will be crowded. It surprised me how centrally located this hiding place was. The program was very informative and interesting. We also booked the introductory program, I highly recommend that also- it gives a perpective about the times, gives some more historical background. I highly recommend this Museum.

Visited with my 12yr old daughter and we both agreed it was an incredible experience. If you are expecting to wander around at your leisure seeing lots of different exhibits, you won’t. The house is small and cramped and you will be moving slowly, sometimes in single file with all the other visitors through a largely vacant house which was emptied by the Nazis and not refurnished out of respect to the wishes of Otto Frank. Most of the information is delivered via a very well done audio guide accompanied by video testimonies and remaining materials. Our personal experience was of deep sympathy and an evoked sadness which could not have come even close to that of the 8 people hiding in fear for 2 years in that small space, and for us that was the learning we had come for. If you are wanting to visit, 80% of the tickets are released online only on the Anne Frank House website exactly six weeks ahead of the week of visit at 10am Central European time. Tickets for the whole week sell out in minutes and logging on at 10:03 on the correct day we were not able to get tickets with the introductory talk for the day we wanted. 20% of tickets are released online one week in advance again on Tuesday at 10am CET. However, if you read Anne Frank’s diary in advance and use the audio guide, it is still an excellent and worthwhile experience to get the standard tickets. One of the best things we did in Amsterdam.

My family and I visited yesterday and had all learned about Anne Frank in school. We bought tickets which included a 30 minute introductory talk before entering the house. The talk was really interesting and I would recommend doing this. Before entering the house we were all provided with audio guides which really helped bring things to life when you enter each room. It’s forbidden to take photos in the house as you would expect as it serves as a memorial. I would definitely recommend visiting to others.

Well worth doing the 30min introductory program as it really sets the scene for you before you go through the building. The young man that did the talk on our visit was very knowledgeable and made it interesting to listen to him. The building has very steep and narrow stairs at points so it would be difficult for those with mobility issues to manage. The audio guides you carry with you are very useful and bring the experience to life.

This is my second time visiting the Anne Frank house. My first time was in 2011. Tickets need to be booked in advance online. So I booked my ticket 2.5 weeks in advance. All the regular tickets were gone, so I paid 6 Euro more for the additional educational portion. Still timed but at the side door. When I got to Amsterdam, I found out from the walking tour that tickets are usually sold out many weeks in advance, so a lot of people do not end up having a chance to go. This was also at the heart of Summer vacation. Security did not let us go in advance to use the washroom, but it's not really allowed anyway since the washroom is after the scanned tickets. So the guide picked us up and brought us to a room to explain the history. It was 30 mins, then we can explore the museum at our leisure. It really brought another perspective. I didn't end up picking up the audio guide after since we wanted to scan our ticket to use the washroom. The house is as it was before without the furniture. Keep this in mind for anyone with disabilities. So the hidden annex would be tight with the stairs. Highly recommended as it is part of our world history. Also, no photos in the museum, but you can take photos inside the classroom.