Rijksmuseum
National Museum

A Dutch national museum dedicated to arts and history in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw.

The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague in 1800 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis. The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened its doors in 1885. On 13 April 2013, after a ten-year renovation which cost €375 million, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix. In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands with record numbers of visitors.

The museum has on display 8,000 objects of art and history, from their total collection of 1 million objects from the years 1200–2000, among which are some masterpieces by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer.

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Sculpture in east garden

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Rijksmuseum
National Museum

A Dutch national museum dedicated to arts and history in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw.

The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague in 1800 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis. The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened its doors in 1885. On 13 April 2013, after a ten-year renovation which cost €375 million, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix. In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands with record numbers of visitors.

The museum has on display 8,000 objects of art and history, from their total collection of 1 million objects from the years 1200–2000, among which are some masterpieces by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer.

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Rijksmuseum, front entrance

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Detail of front entrance

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Rijksmuseum, front entrance

Center Frieze above front entrance

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Stained glass Windows

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Model ship

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garden

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Mosaic on the outside wall of Rijksmuseum

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Side gate to Rijksmuseum Garden

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Chess set in Rijksmuseum garden

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Rijksmuseum clock tower

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Rijksmuseum clock tower

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Gateway of the German House
Utrecht, 1617
Bentheim Sandstone

Originally this gate formed the entrance to the forecourt of the monastery of the German Order of Saint John. The cloister complex was thus named 'Het Duitse Huis (The German House). In 1822 the building was put into service as a military hospital. In 1898 the gate was torn down and relocated to the garden of the Rijksmuseum.

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Rijksmuseum garden

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Western Gate

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Clock Tower

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