Anne Frank House tickets sold out? What still works

Start with the only seller

The Anne Frank House is on the Netherlands' list as "Step inside the Anne Frank House", and there is exactly one way to buy a ticket. The museum's ticket page says it plainly: "Tickets for the Anne Frank House only for sale on https://www.annefrank.org". It warns that fraudulent websites with addresses similar to its own are "aimed at credit card fraud or the sale of invalid tickets".

This is a planning guide, not a report of a recent visit. The rules and prices below come from annefrank.org and its ticket shop, checked on 25 October 2026, and the sold-out dates described are what the shop showed that day.

Why it sells out

The museum's own FAQ explains it: "The Anne Frank House is a small museum with limited space. We have maximum opening hours but the demand exceeds the number of available tickets. Tickets sell out very fast." Every visitor needs an online ticket for a specific time slot, including children under 10 and Museumkaart holders, and there are no sales at the door.

Tickets come out in one weekly batch: every Tuesday at 10:00 Amsterdam time, all tickets for visits six weeks later go on sale. On 25 October 2026 the shop had every regular ticket sold out from 25 October to 2 November and from 6 to 8 November. On 3, 4 and 5 November only slots from 19:45 or later were left, and most days until mid-November had only evening slots. Weekday daytime slots were widely available from 16 November, and nothing after 6 December was on sale yet.

Official options first

1. Book the ticket with the introductory programme. It costs €23.50 for adults and starts with a 30-minute talk in English about Anne Frank's story in the context of the Second World War, followed by the full museum visit. It is meant for visitors aged 10 and over, and it has its own places: on 2, 6 and 8 November, when the regular ticket was gone, it still had daytime slots.
2. Take an evening slot. The museum is open until 22:00 most days, with the last start time at 20:45, and the late slots were the last to sell.
3. Be online on Tuesday at 10:00, Amsterdam time, six weeks before your date. The whole week goes on sale at once. On 25 October the shop ran to 6 December, so the Tuesday 27 October release should add the week after it.
4. If you cannot go in, look at the online and 3D tours of the house on the museum's website.

There is no waiting list, no sale at the door and no refunds, so do not plan on tickets coming back.

Resale and tours: none include entry

There is no legitimate resale. The museum's terms say tickets may not be resold, that anyone whose ticket was not bought directly from the Anne Frank House can be refused entry, and that tour operators may not book for third parties. Tickets are valid only on their name, date and time. Several of you can be on one booking in the booker's name, but the booker must come along.

The museum also says: "Commercial parties offering Anne Frank House tours do not provide access to the Anne Frank House." Some sites and platform pages still use words like "tickets" or "skip the line" for the house. Ignore them. That is why this guide has no ticket offer. What must30 does link is a walk through Amsterdam's Jewish Quarter, for the history around the house, with no entry included.

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Timing that helps

The museum opens every day from 9:00 to 22:00, with exceptions: on 7 November 2026 it closes at 18:30, on 25 and 31 December it runs from 9:00 to 17:00, and on 1 January 2027 it opens at 12:00. It also closes early on 27 April and 4 May, and it shuts for Yom Kippur, which fell on 21 September in 2026. Only the start time is fixed, and an average visit takes an hour. The audio tour is included, in nine languages including Spanish.

The museum keeps a minimum age of 10, and children under 12 must be with an adult. The entrance is at Westermarkt 20. Trams do not run to the Westermarkt stop until February 2028, so allow a 10-minute walk from Dam Square.

What not to do

• Do not buy from any site other than annefrank.org. Tickets from anywhere else can be refused.
• Do not book a tour that says it includes entry. The museum says no commercial tour does.
• Do not send someone else on your booking. The booker has to be there.
• Do not bring a bag bigger than an A4 sheet. There is no room for backpacks or suitcases, and you may not get in.
• Do not take photos or film, including with smart glasses.
• Do not count on changing the date. Tickets are not rescheduled or refunded, even for transport problems.

Keep planning

• The Netherlands' list, where the museum appears as "Step inside the Anne Frank House".
• The case for doing the famous thing early, on timing the big sights.
• The other Amsterdam ticket guide, for the Van Gogh Museum, and the one for the Vatican Museums.