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The height of the summer season. The sun's rays hotly lick the shoulders of tourists, patiently shifting in a long queue, stretching along the whole street Jan Luijkenstraat. Its very beginning rests on the cash registers of an ancient building, towering a gray mighty block among the luscious green of spreading tics. The big cool shadow cast by him, the only salvation for the motley crowd wishing to get into the corridors of the Rijksmuseum, the most popular museum in Amsterdam. Every morning, residents of the historic city center can observe a similar picture.

During the work of the museum: every day, except January 1, from 9.00 to 18.00 - through the spacious halls of the palace are many thousands of visitors and interest in the unique content of these stone walls never fades. The museum, built in 1885 in the Neo-Gothic style by the architect P. Kuipers, is too extensive to cover all of its treasures in one day, so many people come back here again.

Dutch painting of the XVII century

Exclusiveness of the historical values gathered in these halls makes visiting the palace a significant cultural event for everyone. The exposition of the Rijksmuseum is a chronicle of the history of the Netherlands from 1100 to the present day in a wide variety of art subjects, beginning with elegant porcelain utensils, plaster busts, antique furniture and ending with the paintings of eminent artists.

At the entrance to the museum you can take on a free informational brochure with a plan of the palace, which will help to inspect endless rooms with an amazing number of vases, teapots, armchairs, carved chests of drawers, paintings, jewelry, luxury items made directional and informative.

The main purpose of the visit is, of course, to visit the paintings of the famous artists of the Golden Age of Holland, such as Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Vermeer and Rembrandt .The best exhibits are exhibited in three small rooms .The culmination of the excursion will be a visit to the "Gallery of Glory" on the second floor, where in the silent surroundings of hundreds of eyes of enchanted tourists the fascinating painting by Rembrandt "Night Watch" hangs over the impermanence of the world .By the way, the real name of the picture sounds less romantic: "The appearance of the infantry company of Captain Frans Banning Koka" .

Experts recommend that you also look into the hall with stunning doll houses, the oldest of which was made already in 1676. Here in the miniature town of these fragile, lacy structures it's hard not to feel like an awkward Gulliver. After that, you just need to look at the samples of Delft porcelain for dessert, where the master's idea is embodied in intricate vases, painted saucers, as if woven from the milk mist cups.

And all this splendor for 15 EUR, and children under 18 years old admission free. You can use the audio guide service, which in a chosen language will tell you about all 800 exhibits of the museum.

Nearby, by the way is the Van Gogh Museum and Steadeylik.

Address: Stadhouderskade, 42

Working hours: daily: 09:00 - 17:00.

Admission: 15 EUR. Up to 18 years old: free of charge.

Rijksmuseum

Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum

The interior of the museum, Rijksmuseum

Ships, Rijksmuseum

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Evaluation 9

Rijksmuseum - the main museum of the Netherlands April 08, 2014

Eleonora

was here in December 2012

Travel to Amsterdam was my old dream, which was realized in December 2012, when me and my colleague from the agency "Omsk-tour" was sent to a promotional tour of Europe. Unfortunately, in Holland we spent only 3 days, but during this time we had time to get acquainted with a number of unique attractions of Amsterdam. I was greatly impressed by the visit to the most important museum of the country - Rijksmuseum. This is the State Art Museum, which features an impressive collection of ... Read full review