Rijksmuseum
museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rijksmuseum is a Dutch museum.[10] It is run by the government and focused on the arts and history of Amsterdam. The museum is located in Amsterdam [11]
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Established | 31 May 1800[1] |
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Location | Museumstraat 1[2] Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 52°21′36″N 4°53′07″E |
Type | National museum Art museum History museum |
Collection size | 1 million objects[3] |
Visitors | |
Director | Taco Dibbits[9] |
President | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer[9] |
Public transit access | Tram: 2 , 5 , 7 , 10 , 12 Bus: 26, 65, 66, 170, 172, 197[2] |
Website | www.rijksmuseum.nl |
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The Rijksmuseum was opened in The Hague in 1800. It then moved to Amsterdam in 1808. The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and opened in 1885.[3] In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands. It is also the largest art museum in the country.
The museum has 8,000 items that can be seen by those who go to it. This is out of a total of 1 million items. The collection includes items by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer. The museum also has a small collection of Asian items.[3]