Luggage storageAnne Frank House

Luggage storage and bag rules at the Anne Frank House

A lot of visitors arrive at the Anne Frank House with a daypack or a small suitcase, only to find the museum’s own bag rules far tighter than they expected.

The Anne Frank House itself permits no suitcases or large bags at all, with only bags smaller than A4 allowed inside. Nearby sights like the Homomonument and the Begijnhof are easy to reach on foot, but neither has any storage of its own, so the surrounding streets offer no obvious place to drop a bag either. The Anne Frank House is a biographical museum and writer's house dedicated to the Jewish diarist Anne Frank. The museum is located in the city centre of Amsterdam at Prinsengracht 263-267. People from all over the world visit the Anne Frank House because it is the location where Anne Frank and her family spent two years in hiding during the Second World War and where she wrote her diary. The Anne Frank House provides a free cloakroom for visitors to store coats, bags, and buggies. Items stored in the cloakroom must be collected within three hours of being checked. Visitors are advised to leave large luggage at their hotel or at Amsterdam Central Station, as they may not be admitted to the museum otherwise. There is no clear-bag rule at the Anne Frank House. With Stasher, you can store bags from €1.49 per bag per day at 20+ locations near the Anne Frank House.

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Getting to the Anne Frank House with luggage

The nearest tram stop is normally Westermarkt, served by tram lines 13 and 17. However, from 15 February 2025 until February 2028, trams do not stop at Westermarkt, so you should use the Dam Square stop instead and walk the remaining ten minutes. If you would rather not walk, a one-hour GVB public transport ticket costs €3.40. Given the bag-size limit at the museum, it makes sense to sort out luggage before you head over. The Anne Frank House is a 20-minute walk from Amsterdam Central Station.

Planning your visit and nearby sights

You must buy an online ticket for a specific time slot, as tickets are not sold at the door. A typical visit takes about an hour, so plan around that when deciding where to leave your things. The Homomonument stands on Westermarkt in front of the Westerkerk, right near the Anne Frank House, and the Begijnhof is a quiet courtyard about ten minutes away on foot. The museum draws visitors to see the authentic secret annex where the Frank family hid, as well as original items including Anne Frank's red-checked diary.