The building of the museum and the ship. His construction began in 1656, it was designed by Daniel Stalpaert and was considered as a building in the exceptional architecture. To build this artificial island created in the port of Amsterdam,It was necessary to push in the muddy ground 1800 pickets. It was here, that the warships of the Dutch Republic were equipped. The retort(replica) of three masts "Amsterdam", a big ship of the Dutch Company of India, raises itself(draws up itself) over waters of the bay(berry) Ij,