MUSEUMS OF AMSTERDAM

The city is noted for many outstanding museums, including the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, Rembrandt House Museum, the Anne Frank House, and its world-class symphony orchestra, the Concertgebouworkest, whose home base is the Concertgebouw.

MUSEUMS OF AMSTERDAM: Rembrandt House Museum, The Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, Van Gogh Museum,

REMBRANDT HOUSE MUSEUM, Museums of Amsterdam

The Rembrandt House Museum is a house in the Reguliersbreestraat in Amsterdam not far from the new townhall, where Rembrandt lived and painted for a number of years. A few years ago the house was thoroughly reconstructed on the inside to show how the house would have looked in Rembrandt's days.

Adjoining (and linked to) the house is a modern building where work of Rembrandt is on display, mainly etchings and also a part of his collection of objects from all over the world.

Rembrandt purchased the house in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in 1656, when all his belongings went on auction. The auction list enabled the reconstructions of all his belongings which are also on display in the house.

THE RIJKSMUSEUM, Museums of Amsterdam

The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands, located in Amsterdam on the Museumplein. The Rijksmuseum is dedicated to arts, crafts and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art.

The museum was founded in 1800 in The Hague to exhibit the collections of the Dutch stadtholders. It was inspired by the French example. By then it was known by as the National Art Gallery.

In 1808 the museum moved to Amsterdam on the orders of king Louis Napoleon, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. The paintings owned by that city, such as The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn, became part of the collection.

In 1885 the museum moved to its current location, built by Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers. He combined gothic and renaissance elements. The museum has a prominent position on the Museumplein, near the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum. The building is richly decorated with references to the Dutch art history.

Rembrandts The Night Watch has it's own hall in the museum since 1906. Since 2003 the museum in restoration, but the masterpieces are continuously present for the viewing public.

The paintings collection includes works by artists Jacob van Ruysdael, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer and Rembrandt van Rijn and Rembrandts pupils.

THE STEDELIJK MUSEUM, Museums of Amsterdam

The Stedelijk Museum (lit. Municipal Museum) of Amsterdam is a museum for modern art. It is located at Museum Square, where also the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum are.

Its collection includes a room painted by Karel Appel and a large collection of paintings by Kazimir Malevich. The Stedelijk had been temporarily relocated from its old Museumplein venue to the Oosterdokskade 3-5, just east of the Central Station. This former postal building also houses a number of media- and art-related companies.

The top floor offers one of the best views of the city. It is a lunchroom / restaurand by day, hip dance club by night.

THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM, Museums of Amsterdam

The Van Gogh Museum is a museum in Amsterdam featuring the works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries.

The main structure was designed by Gerrit Rietveld and opened in 1973. The architect of the Exhibition Wing was Kisho Kurokawa; it was completed in 1999.

Two of Van Gogh's works were stolen from the museum on the night of 6-7 December 2002: View of the Sea at Scheveningen and Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen.

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