Rijks
This is the Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands’ national museum for Dutch arts and history, set at Museum Square in Amsterdam South, near the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Royal Concertgebouw. The museum was founded in The Hague on 19 November 1798, then moved to Amsterdam in 1808, first housed in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis. The museum’s main building, designed by Pierre Cuypers, was first opened in 1885. After a ten-year renovation costing €375 million, it reopened on 13 April 2013, led by Queen Beatrix. In 2013 and 2014, it drew record crowds of 2.2 million and 2.47 million visitors, and it is the country’s largest art museum. Inside, you encounter 8,000 works on display drawn from a total collection of about one million objects spanning 1200 to 2000, including major names such as Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer—alongside an Asian collection shown in an Asian pavilion.
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