For several centuries, Amsterdam is the center of European trade in diamonds, and the skill of the Dutch jewelers and cutters considered unbeatable. Process diamond - the hardest mineral in nature - trying still jewelers of ancient India, but they are only polished natural crystals. Facets of the diamond in the full sense of the word, ie, create a new face on the surface of the crystal in Europe was the first Flemish master Lodewijk van Burke. Since the XVIII century, the main lapidary workshops in Amsterdam. In the XIX century in South Africa, which was then a Dutch colony, diamond deposits were discovered, which further strengthened the position of Amsterdam jewelers and diamond cutters. Even now, when lapidary workshops are mainly located in Asia, Amsterdam is the world's largest diamond trading center.

Despite such a long historical tradition, Diamond Museum in Amsterdam was opened relatively recently, in 2007. It is located in a XIX century building, specially converted for this purpose. The museum is located near the Reyskmuzeuma and the Van Gogh Museum. The creator of the museum diamonds - "Coster Diamonds", the largest company on the cutting and trading diamonds.

The museum exhibition shows how the diamonds appear in nature, tells the love story of mankind to this beautiful stones and trying to analyze how it happened that the diamond symbolizes not only prosperity but also the beauty and power. Here are copies of the most famous stones, historical crown with diamonds, famous diamonds, which have their own names, as well as the "diamond skull monkeys".

Visitors have the opportunity to observe the work of master cutters, and visitors can try their hand at cutting - over a certain amount, you will get a rough diamond, and experienced craftsmen to help you confine him.