The Rijksmuseum Tour (Rembrandt, Vermeer and Many More) – Amsterdam, Netherlands

EXPERIENCE

Going to a museum as immense as the Rijksmuseum can be overwhelming. You are bombarded with years, styles, dates, and are spat back out into the Amsterdam streets in a daze. Yes, what you saw was beautiful but how does it all connect? What do these collections really have to tell us about Dutch history? That’s where we come in. Our vision with this tour is to place all these works within their historical contexts while, at the same time, connecting it back to the greater artistic movements of Europe. No matter your background knowledge of European history, the tour has been created by the independent research of our team of enthusiastic guides to allow all people access into these deeply fascinating periods and, ultimately, we hope you will come away with a knowledge far more intimate and insightful than before.
A booking with us means that all the practicalities will be taken care of. You will be met by one of our passionate guides outside the museum who will allow you entry, and once within the great hall will steadily introduce you to the different collections spread throughout its vast wings. While we walk these halls we will observe as the Dutch culture builds itself up in the medieval turmoil of the black death. We will watch as the Dutch then gain independence and observe the flowering of their great golden age. From these foundations we may be able to better understand why the Dutch masters such as Vermeer and Rembrandt are held in such high esteem, why still lifes were so incredibly popular, and why they chose everyday people as the subjects of their great artistic works. The tour will round off by venturing to the lower levels where the Dutch’s golden age declined, the age of enlightenment ensued, and their independence was again taken. However the reputation of this great republic did and continued to impact greater world history, even until today. We are looking forward to welcoming you to this incredible museum.

HIGHLIGHTS

Dive into the deep insights of Dutch art and history with a local guide
See works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, and more iconic painters
Learn about the greater artistic movements of Europe

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