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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: Amsterdam: 680,000 2017 [1] 6 Sexmuseum Amsterdam: Amsterdam: 675,000 2015 [3] 7 NEMO Science Museum: Amsterdam: 670,000 2017 [4] 8 Kunstmuseum Den Haag: The Hague: 560,000 2016 [5] 9 Netherlands Open Air Museum: Arnhem: 532.000 2016 [6] 10 Noordbrabants Museum 's-Hertogenbosch: 510,000 2016 [7] 11 H'ART Museum ...
This is a list of museums in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam:. The Allard Pierson Museum The Amsterdam Museum The Anne Frank House The Joods Historisch Museum Huis Marseille, oldest photography museum in Amsterdam The Nederlands Filmmuseum The Stadsarchief Amsterdam Museumwoning Tuindorp Oostzaan [] Wereldmuseum Amsterdam Verzetsmuseum
The defence line of Amsterdam was built between 1883 and 1920. The fortification is based on the principle of controlling the waters around a city. It contains a network of 45 armed forts and can temporarily flood polders extending 135 kilometres (84 mi) around Amsterdam. The site was originally listed as the Defence Line of Amsterdam in 1996.
[6] [7] The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw. [ 8 ] The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague on 19 November 1798 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis ...
120 Paintings from the Rijksmuseum is a selection of paintings that were included in a booklet of illustrations in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam giftshop for visitors during the years 1950–1990. It was meant as an illustrated companion guide to the catalog of the paintings on show , which included information about the +/-1,200 paintings on show.
Gable stones (Dutch: gevelstenen) are carved and often colourfully painted stone tablets, which are set into the walls of buildings, usually at about 4 metres from the ground. They serve both to identify and embellish the building. They are also called "stone tablets" by the Rijksmuseum, which sometimes appends "from a facade". A "wall stone ...
One of his best-known portraits is the marble bust of Jacob van Reygersbergh dated 1671, now in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. A terracotta study for this work is in the Rijksmuseum and it differs from the marble version only in details. [10] This portrait bust shows Verhulst's virtuosity and the naturalism of his style.
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam (Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Amsterdam or Paleis op de Dam) is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, opposite the War Memorial and next to the Nieuwe Kerk.