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What Your Ticket Includes
A skip-the-line admission ticket gives you full access to the entire Body Worlds exhibition spread across multiple floors, with over 200 authentic plastinated human specimens and the permanent Happiness Project displays. Your ticket also includes a free InBody Scan — a quick body composition analysis showing your fat, muscle, water, and mineral breakdown. Audio guides are available on-site for an additional fee (around €3.50) in multiple languages, though the clear English signage makes self-guided visits easy.

Age Restrictions
Body Worlds is suitable for visitors of all ages, with children 5 and under entering free of charge and discounted child tickets for ages 6–17. The exhibition is recommended for children over 6, and parental discretion is advised — sensitive displays such as reproductive organs are placed higher or behind partitions, but the realistic nature of human specimens may be unsettling for very young or sensitive visitors. Preparing kids before the visit helps them get the most out of the experience.

Quietest Time to Visit
Late weekday mornings, just after the 10 AM opening, are noticeably calmer than afternoons and weekends. For the most relaxed visit with time to read each panel and interact with the Happiness Project stations, arrive Tuesday or Wednesday between 10:00 and 12:00. Saturday afternoons, school holidays, and rainy days are the busiest — Body Worlds is a popular indoor stop right on Damrak. Last admission is one hour before closing, so don't cut it too close.

Facilities
Body Worlds is housed in a modern multi-floor building right on Damrak, with restrooms on multiple levels and lift access throughout. An on-site café offers snacks, sandwiches, and drinks during museum hours, with vegan and gluten-free options available. Outside food and drinks are not permitted in exhibit areas to protect the specimens, but sealed water bottles are fine. A gift shop near the exit offers Body Worlds merchandise and themed souvenirs.

Accessibility
Body Worlds Amsterdam is largely wheelchair accessible, with lifts connecting all main exhibition floors and accessible restrooms. The only exception is the basement level, which contains a small portion of the exhibition and is not wheelchair accessible. Service animals are welcome.

Most visitors spend between 1.5 and 2 hours at Body Worlds: The Happiness Project, which is the ideal time to explore the multi-floor exhibition, take in all 200+ plastinated specimens, and engage with the interactive Happiness Project stations. The logical floor-by-floor flow — from circulatory and muscular systems to the happiness-themed zones — makes it easy to pace yourself without missing anything important.

Quick visitors focused on the main anatomical highlights can comfortably finish in around 1 hour. Those who want to deeply read every panel, reflect at the Happiness Lab stations, and take advantage of the included InBody Scan should plan for the full 2 to 2.5 hours. Since the museum is centrally located on Damrak, it pairs naturally with a canal cruise, a stroll to Dam Square, or a coffee stop nearby — making it an easy half-day addition to your Amsterdam itinerary.

Venue: Damrak 66, 1012 LM Amsterdam

Opening Times: Daily 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM (last entry 1 hour before closing)

Duration: Plan for 1.5 to 2 hours — most visitors spend this time exploring 200+ plastinated specimens, the Happiness Project displays, and the included free InBody Scan.

Age Restriction: All ages welcome with parental discretion advised for sensitive displays; children under 5 enter free, and the museum is largely wheelchair accessible except for the basement level.