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Open daily, including holidays. Verify on the official site.
Address
Museumstraat 1
1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands
Famous for
Rembrandt's The Night Watch and the art of the
Dutch Golden Age.
Opening hours (typical)
| Mon–Sun | 09:00–17:00 |
About the museum
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands, dedicated to Dutch art and history. Founded in 1800 — in The Hague, before moving to Amsterdam in 1808 — its grand current building, designed by Pierre Cuypers, opened in 1885.
After a ten-year renovation the museum reopened in 2013. The collection contains about one million objects, with some 8,000 on display, telling 800 years of Dutch history.
What it is famous for
- Rembrandt's monumental The Night Watch (1642), displayed in its own Gallery of Honour.
- Masterpieces by Johannes Vermeer, including The Milkmaid.
- Works by Frans Hals and Jan Steen.
- The finest collection of Dutch Golden Age painting in the world.
- Delftware, dollhouses and decorative arts.
Good to know
The Gallery of Honour and The Night Watch are the highlights — go early to avoid crowds. The building sits on Museumplein next to the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum. A cycle path famously runs through the museum's passage.
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