Rijksmuseum (National Museum)
National Museum for Art and HistoryAt the Rijksmuseum you find all the highlights of the Dutch Golden Age with paintings from Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, Jan Steen, Rembrandt, and other artists.
The Night Watch
The most famous painting at the Rijksmuseum is Rembrandt's Night Watch. It is the largest painting Rembrandt ever made. A national icon that fires the imagination and is always at the centre of discussion. The picture is a militia painting: a group portrait of a division of the civic guard.
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1853-1890): The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, known as the 'Night Watch', 1642
The Night Watch, the most famous painting in the Rijksmuseum, actually has another title: the 'Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch'. The picture is a militia painting: a group portrait of a division of the civic guard. Rembrandt depicted the group of militiamen in an original way. He did not paint them in neat row or sitting at their annual banquet, rather, he recorded a moment: a group of militiamen have just moved into action and are about to march off.
Renovation works in Rijksmuseum
Once the work has been completed, the Rijksmuseum will open its doors to the public again in the first half of 2013.Until the main building reopens, the Rijksmuseum will display its masterpieces from the Golden Age in the Philips Wing on the Museumplein square, in an exhibition entitled 'The Masterpieces'
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How to get there?
By tram: 2 or 5 stop Hobbemastraat; 6, 7 or 10 stop SpiegelgrachtBy car: Nearest car park Museumplein
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Rijksmuseum
Jan Luijkenstraat 1
Amsterdam
(Museumplein, Oud-Zuid)
| Opening hours | |||
| Sun | 09:00 | - | 18:00 |
| Mon | 09:00 | - | 18:00 |
| Tue | 09:00 | - | 18:00 |
| Wed | 09:00 | - | 18:00 |
| Thu | 09:00 | - | 18:00 |
| Fri | 09:00 | - | 20:30 |
| Sat | 09:00 | - | 18:00 |
Price
€10 (adults)
free (0-18 years)
official website
Rijksmuseum
Online ticket service
Purchase tickets online in advance en print your own e-ticket.
Renovation
From 2004-2012, the Rijksmuseum will undergo the most far-reaching renovation in its history. Watch animations of the exterior
and interior of The New Rijksmuseum.
Tours for children
Exotic animals, exploratory expeditions, a dollhouse, The Feast of St Nicholas by Jan Steen: our tour guides have the most exciting stories to tell about these and other features of the museum, just for kids.
TV commercial
See the Night Watch coming to life in the Rijksmuseum
Exhibitions Agenda
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