Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam - Things To Do Reviews

Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands. I've visited quite a few times. It's a nice museum with masterpieces from famous Dutch artists such as Rembrandt, de Hooch, and Vermeer. The most well known in the museum is Rembrandt's Nightwatch, though my favorites were De Hooch's paintings. The museum is not all paintings. It also includes a large collection of crafts such as delftware, a popular pottery made in the Netherlands and impressive dollhouses from the 1600s! Unfortunately 3/4th of the museum is closed temporarily, but there's still a lot to take in.

The Rijksmuseum has specialised on Paintings, Skulptures and other Art from the Netherlands "Golden Age", meaning a lot of Delft Porcelain, Silverware, Rembrandt, Vermeer and other painters from that time.

They have a lot of variety and I found it to be sorted in a way that it does not really get boring. Besides quite a number of the paintings are amazing, more realistic than photography.
I was especially taken with the model-ship placed close to the entry, which is really detailed and with the Dollhouses by Petronella Oortman. I could look at these two for hours, because they are so precise and detailed.
The information in the Museum about the Objects is sufficient, without having to read too much.
For visiting this Museum, at least two-three hours should be scheduled.

I think it doesn't even take that much of an inclination for art or history to enjoy this museum, but if you are only in Amsterdam for coffeeshops and the redlight-district, this might not be for you.