Monuments & Museums

Can’t be true, but it is!

A great interactive exhibition featuring the wondrous artifacts of art, pop culture and the animal kingdom. If you tell your family and friends about what you’ve seen, learned and done at Ripley’s Amsterdam, they probably won’t believe you.

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Living in the Golden Age

To learn more about the rich life in the Golden Age, you can visit several houses in the Canal Belt. Museum van Loon is by far the most beautiful. The interior of this 1671 building has been beautifully preserved, as has the art collection of …

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‘I dream of painting and then paint my dream’

Art becomes art if it is different from anything that has been made before and if the painting, sculpture or photograph inspires people, making them happy or sad, creative or angry. Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous Dutch artists in history and …

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Art & Nature

A beautifully designed English garden, with art, historical artifacts (such as the arch around the corner on the western side of the museum) and even a little pond. The garden of Rijksmuseum is free to visit and a great place to enjoy a stroll or …

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National treasures

Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer and Frans Hals are some of the greatest painters of the 17th century. You can see their most famous works in the Gallery of Honour on the second floor of Rijksmuseum. All Dutch 18th and 19th century art (including paintings …

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Rembrandt’s workshop

Rembrandt van Rijn lived and worked in this house. The museum’s collection consists of many sketches and drawings: the studies for Rembrandt’s masterpieces.

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