Diamond Museum

Adjacent to Royal Coster Diamonds, the extensive bling on display at the small, low-tech Diamond Museum is all clever re-creations. You get a lot of background on the history of the trade and various historic sparkly crowns and jewels. Here you'll learn how Amsterdam was the globe's diamond-trade epicentre for many centuries, how local Jews were major players in the cutting and polishing business, and how the business moved to Antwerp after WWII and the devastation of Amsterdam's Jewish population.