The house — and the one next door at number 265, which was later purchased by the museum — was built by Dirk van Delft in 1635. The canal-side facade dates from a renovation of 1739 when the rear annex was demolished and the taller one which now stands in its place was built.
The house where Anne Frank wrote her diary is located next to Westerkerk. Is a museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the building.
It tells the life story of the young girl considering the historical context in which she lived and the conditions surrounding her Diary entries.