Tour of the Rijksmuseum Highlights

English 1h 20

Discover gems of the Dutch national museum through the ages from Night Watch to Van Gogh. This tour explores the painting collection with a particular emphasis on the notable Dutch Golden Age.
If you are taking this tour inside the museum, start on the second floor in the Night Watch gallery.

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  1. Still Life with Cheese

    1:53 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  2. Portrait of a Couple

    1:30 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  3. A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer

    1:41 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  4. View of Houses in Delft

    1:53 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  5. The Milkmaid

    1:50 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  6. Woman Reading a Letter

    2:00 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  7. The Merry Family

    1:35 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  8. The Threatened Swan

    1:28 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  9. Self Portrait as the Apostle Paul

    1:50 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  10. The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild

    1:30 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  11. Portrait of a Couple

    1:40 | Second Floor | Gallery of Honour

  12. The Night Watch

    1:40 | Second Floor | Night Watch Gallery

  13. Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster

    1:13 | Second Floor | Night Watch Gallery

  14. Militia Company of District XI

    1:50 | Second Floor | Night Watch Gallery

  15. The Massacre of the Innocents

    1:32 | Second Floor | Room 2.1

  16. Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters

    1:49 | Second Floor | Room 2.6

  17. A Windmill on a Polder Waterway

    1:08 | First Floor | Room 1.18

  18. Self-portrait

    1:41 | First Floor | Room 1.18

  19. The Battle of Waterloo

    1:31 | First Floor | Room 1.12

  20. The Singel Bridge

    1:20 | Not on display

Featured artworks

Still Life with Cheese

Portrait of a Couple, Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen

A Militiaman Holding a Berkemeyer, Known as the ‘Merry Drinker’

View of Houses in Delft, Known as ‘The Little Street’

Credits

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