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Imagine standing in front of “The Night Watch” and realising it isn’t just a piece of canvas – it’s a coded message of rebellion, a love letter to Amsterdam, filled with numerous symbols we are still uncovering today. If you’re looking for the best guided Rijksmuseum tour, you have to look beyond the surface. As a guide, I don’t just show you where the artworks are; I show you why they still matter.
This year starts with one of the best art shows in 2024, the Frans Hals Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. After its debut at the National Gallery in London, the exhibition travels to Amsterdam, where it will be on display until June 2024. During the last few years, Rijksmuseum organised a few exhibitions dedicated to Dutch Golden Age masters (All the Rembrandts in 2019 and Vermeer in 2023). It’s continuing its series of fantastic 17th-century masters exhibitions with one of its stars, Frans Hals.
What are the most beautiful museum cafes in Europe? Museum cafes are great places to relax a bit during your museum visit. They provide a lovely place to observe all the artworks you saw and to gain some new energy for exploring a museum further. However, often they are pieces of art themselves. Their fantastic decor and special atmosphere often made them unique and inspirational places.
Being home to more than sixty museums, it could be hard to pick the best museums in Amsterdam to visit. They offer something for everyone: from the Dutch Golden Age classics like Rembrandt or Vermeer, the largest collections of Van Gogh’s paintings, and the moving and intimate world of Anne Frank’s House. Here is your guide through museums in Amsterdam that you shouldn’t miss during your trip to that fantastic city.
I hope you’re enjoying in our Art Blogmas so far. I’m having a lot of fun picking up those lovely wintery and Decembery paintings for you. Today is Saint Nicholas Day! So, it’s only fair to dedicated today’s Art Blogmas to it.
On day 21 of Culture Tourist Art Blogmas, we’re going to see one of the most fascinating paintings from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Today, I’m bringing you Pieter Claesz and his Still Life with a Turkey Pie.
It’s day thirteen of the Culture Tourist Art Blogmas. And I’m sharing one of the most famous artworks located in Europe with you, Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Night Watch.
I hope you’re enjoying in our Art Blogmas so far. I’m having a lot of fun picking up the most beautiful paintings from European museums for you during the last two weeks. It’s day twelve of our Art Blogmas today, and I’m sharing with you Jan Steen’s The Feast of Saint Nicholas with you.
In today’s Art Blogmas, I’m sharing one of my favourite winter paintings with you – Hendrick Avercamp’s Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters.