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Take a Virtual Tour of This Lavish Dollhouse, the Centerpiece of a New Exhibition on Everyday Life in the 17th Century

Helena Bonham Carter provides an English-language tour of the Rijksmuseum's miniature masterpiece, which stands at about six ...

This Dollhouse Is No Child’s Play

Peering into one of the most popular exhibits at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is like looking back in time to the Dutch ...
Artnet

For the First Time Ever, the Rijksmuseum Is Showing All 400 of Its Rembrandts at Once. Take a Look Inside the Momentous Exhibition

If the great Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn was revived for one day to tell his life story, he “would probably head straight for the Rijksmuseum,” Taco Dibbits, the director of the ...
Artnet

‘It’s Now or Never’: The Rijksmuseum’s Hotly Anticipated Blockbuster Vermeer Show Is Finally Here—and It’s Unmissable

Opening to the public this Friday, February 10, “Vermeer” at the Netherlands’s national museum of art and history presents a total of 28 out of the 37 known paintings by the artist, making the show ...

Amsterdam turns 750 with cake and festivities

What celebrations are happening in Amsterdam? The day's festivities, which come at the end of months of events marking the ...
CNN

Phenomenal: Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum’s $489M mega makeover

Closed for 10 years for an all-encompassing, €375 million ($489 million) refurbishment, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum – the national museum of arts and history founded in 1800 – has emerged transformed and ...
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This Forgery Ring Tried to Sell a Fake Rembrandt for $150 Million. The Real Painting Is Hanging in an Amsterdam Museum

The conspirators claimed that their canvas was the original, while the Rijksmuseum's was an inferior copy. They also marketed ...