Start your visit at Amsterdam’s Museumplein and enter the Van Gogh Museum using your entry ticket, skipping the ticket purchasing line. After the standard security check, collect the audio guide at the information desk. Begin with Van Gogh’s early, darker works as the audio guide introduces his life as a struggling artist and his focus on rural life and working-class subjects, including powerful paintings such as The Potato Eaters. You then follow the evolution of his style toward the bright, expressive masterpieces he created in France, including Sunflowers, Almond Blossom and The Bedroom, along with self-portraits and letters that reveal his inner thoughts and emotions. The audio guide takes you room by room, providing context for each stage of his artistic journey, his close relationship with his brother Theo, and the personal struggles behind the artworks. Most visitors spend around 1–2 hours exploring the collection, but you are free to remain inside the museum until closing time.