Van Gogh Museum Ticket

Van Gogh  Museum will feel like walking into a time capsule, you will be taken back to the period of Impressionism to the Post-Impressionist era of Van Gogh. The museum's layout is landscaped for you to explore Van Goghs artistic evolution in chronological order. The thick hues of blues, yellows, blacks, and oranges will leave you feeling the warmth of melancholy.  After listening to the recorded audio with backstories, letters, and emotions behind each painting you will appreciate van Gogh and his art more when you get to the excerpts from Van Gogh's letters. See how the intimacy of his life gets intertwined with his art, remember every artwork tells a story.

The famous Dutch artist spent his lifetime, giving life and meaning to his art and you can feel it in his works, but only gain recognition and fame after his death. You will also experience this as you walk through the framed hallways, the first paintings the dark and earthy first paintings depict the hard lives of laborers and farmers The Potato Eaters captures this essence. Then as you walk on by you see Van Gogh’s work explode with light and colors, you can see it in the brush strokes, and how he experimented with new techniques Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat is an example of impressionism. 

 As you see the sunflower painting you will sense a shift of mood, you will feel the colors, this is Van Gogh at his brightest and most expressive. His love for nature shines nature shines through and you cannot dismiss the happiness that you get when you look at paintings. But as you come in view with the almond blossoms, and like the starry nights, you will also feel the almost dreamlike feeling, that he felt. It was during his stay in a mental institution that Van Gogh painted those paintings reflecting his inner turmoil. You'll also discover that the letters to Theo (Van Gogh's brother) play a significant role in Van Gogh's life. You can learn about his artistic process, mental health issues, and the feelings that went into each of his paintings.