Rijksmuseum (National Gallery)

Founded in 1800 as a small exhibition of paintings, now – the National art gallery Rijksmuseum is considered a treasure of the Netherlands.

The most valuable exhibits of the National gallery are the works of four Dutch painting masters of XVII century – Hals, Rembrandt, Steen, and Vermeer.

The “Jokonda” of Rijksmuseum is the notorious Rembrandt’s “Nightwatch”. It was painted in the year 1642, ordered by a musketeer squad of the civilian militia of the Netherlands, and its traditional name is “The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch”.

In more than 260 halls of the Rijksmuseum, outstanding works of painting (more than 5000 paintings!), Objects of decorative art (engravings, furniture, ceramics, the famous Delft porcelain, silver) are collected. There is the National cabinet of engravings and the department of Oriental art. The eastern wing of the museum is fully devoted to the centuries-old history of Holland.

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Tour information

Duration: 2 hours

Excursions

Amsterdam
– Amsterdam sightseeing tour
– Red Lights district
– Van Gogh Museum
– Rijksmuseum (National Gallery)
– A tuk-tuk tour in Amsterdam
– Canal-cruise in the candlelight
– The Royal Palace, Amsterdam
– Amsterdam – the city of Rembrandt
– A tour to the world of purses
– Amsterdam sightseeing tour on a private boat
– The history of Dutch seafaring

Holland
– The Hague and the North Sea
– Delft
– Madurodam
– ZaanseSchans – mill park
– Fishing village Volendam
– Holland as it is
– Utrecht
– Castle de Haar
– Marken – the former isle
– Castle Muiderslot
– Keukenhofflower park
– Tour to Edam
– Rotterdam
– Haarlem (Frans Hals museum)
– Flowers Auction, Aaslmeer
– A village with no roads
– Zaandam (The house where Peter the Firststayed)
– Het Loo Palace
– Zuiderzee” Enkhuizen (the open-air museum Zuiderzee)
– Alkmaar (cheese market)

Authors Excursions
– Glory to the bicycle!
– A day of the life of Rembrandt
– The Dutch Adventure
– Tram #8
– Tourist-free Holland
– Open-air museum in Arnhemt

Belgium and Luxembourg
– Brussels
– Antwerp
– Bruges
– Gent
– Brussels Beer Tour
– Waterloo
– Dinant
– Namur
– A museum in the open air – Bosrijk, Maastricht
– Leuven and Maastricht
– Mechelen
– Oyster farms of Zealand
– Chimay Abbey and castle Bouillon
– Liege
– Luxemburg
– Aachen
– A tour to the ancient city of Echternach
– The wine road tour
– Excursion to the medieval castles Vianden and Beaufort
– The German part of the Moselle valley
– Four countries in one day: Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany
– Trier, the most ancient city in Germany