Rijksmuseum

This article is about the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. For other national museums in the Netherlands, see List of Rijksmuseums.

Rijksmuseum
Façade of the Rijksmuseum as seen from the Museum Square
Rijksmuseum at the Museumplein in 2019
Map
Established19 November 1798[1]
LocationMuseumstraat 1[2]
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Type
Collection size1 million objects[3]
Visitors2.7 million (2023)[4]
DirectorTaco Dibbits [5]
PresidentJaap de Hoop Scheffer[5]
Public transit accessTram: 2 Tram line 2, 5 Tram line 5, 7 Tram line 7, 10 Tram line 10, 12 Tram line 12 Bus: 26, 65, 66, 170, 172, 197[2]
Websitewww.rijksmuseum.nl/en

The Rijksmuseum (Dutch: [ˈrɛiksmyˌzeːjʏm] ⓘ) is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam.[6][7] The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw.[8]

The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague on 19 November 1798 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis.[1] The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1885.[3] On 13 April 2013, after a ten-year renovation which cost €375 million, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix.[9][10][11] In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands with record numbers of 2.2 million and 2.47 million visitors.[12][13] It is also the largest art museum in the country.

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. The museum also has a small Asian collection, which is on display in the Asian pavilion.

  1. ^ a b History of the Rijksmuseum, Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Address and route, Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b The renovation, Rijksmuseum. Retrieved on 4 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Rijksmuseum rounds off historic year". rijksmuseum.nl. Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b Board of Directors, Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  6. ^ "The beginning". History of the Rijksmuseum. Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  7. ^ Ahmed, Shamim (10 July 2015). "Amsterdam  • Venice of the North". theindependentbd.com. The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  8. ^ Museumplein Archived 13 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, I Amsterdam. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Rijksmuseum set for grand reopening in Amsterdam". BBC News. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  10. ^ "The Rijksmuseum reopens: A new golden age". The Economist (London). 13 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  11. ^ "The Dutch Prize Their Pedal Power, but a Sea of Bikes Swamps Their Capital". The New York Times. 20 June 2013.
  12. ^ Jaarverslag 2014 (in Dutch), Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  13. ^ Jaarverslag 2013 (in Dutch), Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 23 January 2017.