National Museum of the Netherlands (Rijksmuseum)

Located in Museum Square in the southern district of Amsterdam, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw, the National Museum of the Netherlands (also known as the Rijksmuseum) is a museum dedicated to The country's largest art and history scene in Amsterdam with Gothic architecture featured in the Renaissance period.

In 2013 and 2014, it was considered the most visited museum in the Netherlands with a record number of 2.2 million and 2.47 million visitors and was listed in the list of 100 museums. The museum was founded in the city of The Hague, France in 1800 and then moved to the city of Amsterdam in 1808. It was also the first museum to be housed in the Palace. The Royal Palace, first opened in 1885, and after ten years of renovations costing €375 million, on April 13, 2013, this museum was commissioned by Queen Beatrix (Queen of the Kingdom). Netherlands) reopened.

The National Museum of the Netherlands displays more than 8,000 objects of art and history, with a total of more than one million artifacts from the 1200s to the 2000s, including a masterpiece by the illustrious artists of the Netherlands. such as The Night Watch by Rembrandt, The Portrait of a Young Couple by Frans Hals, and The Milkmaids by Johannes Vermeer.

The National Museum of the Netherlands is famous for its Gothic style in the Renaissance period designed by the famous Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers. The main building of the museum at the present time consists of two squares with the highlight of a skylight in the center of each square. At the center is a tunnel with entrances to the Gallery of Honor on the first floor and on the ground floor. The main building also has a library and the fragment building (also known as the Philips wing) displays the fragments of the building, showing the architectural features of the Netherlands in history.

The newest part of the Dutch National Museum, the Asia Pavilion, designed by Cruz y Ortiz, was opened for exhibition in 2013. The architect of the renovation project of the Rijksmuseum, Cruz y Ortiz, was inspired by four forces. The synergy between the classic and the modern to erase the distinction between the new and the old, and instead fuses them by finding materials that resemble the original building to result in an architectural style. quiet, harmonious architecture.

Admission will be around 20€ for adults and free for children under 18 years old.