Rijksmuseum

The **Rijksmuseum** is a Dutch museum. It is run by the government and focused on the arts and history of Amsterdam. The museum is located in Amsterdam 

The Rijksmuseum was opened in The Hague in 1800. It then moved to Amsterdam in 1808. The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and opened in 1885. In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands. It is also the largest art museum in the country.

The museum has 8,000 items that can be seen by those who go to it. This is out of a total of 1 million items. The collection includes items by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer. The museum also has a small collection of Asian items.

On 31 May 1800, the new museum opened. It was at first known as the National Art Gallery (Dutch: *Nationale Kunst-Galerij*). It had about 200 paintings and other items. These came from the collections of the Dutch stadtholders.

In 1876, a new contest was held and this time Pierre Cuypers won. His design was a mix of gothic and renaissance. The work on the new building start on 1 October 1876. It opened on 13 July 1885.

The south wing of the museum was repaired in 1996.

### 21st century
In December 2003, the main building was closed for repair. During these repairs, about 400 items could still be viewed in the south wing. These included Rembrandt's *The Night Watch* and other 17th-century paintings.

The repairs were completed on 16 July 2012. On 13 April 2013, the main building was opened again.

## Building 
The main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and opened in 1885. It has two squares with an atrium in each centre. The Rijksmuseum is a national heritage site since 1970.

File:Trippenhuis Amsterdam interior 003.jpg|The Rijksmuseum was in the Trippenhuis building between 1817 and 1885.
File:P.J.H. Cuypers Rijksmuseum perspective.jpg|Drawing of the design by Pierre Cuypers in 1876.
File:Rijksmuseum Amsterdam ca 1895.jpg|Front of Cuypers' building, about 1895.
File:Museo Nacional, Ámsterdam, Países Bajos, 2016-05-30, DD 16-18 HDR.jpg|View of the facade by night.
File:Amsterdam 2016 Rijksmuseum.webm|Video of the Rijksmuseum (2016).

## Collection
The collection has 1 million items of arts, crafts, and history. These come from the years 1200 to 2000. Around 8000 of these items can be viewed in the museum. the museum made 125,000 high-resolution images available for download. It plans to add another 40,000 images per year until the entire collection is available.

## Gallery

File:Frans Hals - Wedding portrait of Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laan.jpg|*Portrait of a Young Couple* (1622) by Frans Hals
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn - Jeremia treurend over de verwoesting van Jeruzalem - Google Art Project.jpg|*Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem* (1630) by Rembrandt
File:Frans Hals, De magere compagnie.jpg|*The Meagre Company* (1633–37) by Frans Hals and Pieter Codde
File:The Nightwatch by Rembrandt.jpg|*The Night Watch* (1642) by Rembrandt
File:Bartholomeus van der Helst, Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Münster.jpg|*Banquet at the Crossbowmen’s Guild in Celebration of the Treaty of Münster* (1648) by Bartholomeus van der Helst
File:De bedreigde zwaan Rijksmuseum SK-A-4.jpeg|*The Threatened Swan* ( 1650) by Jan Asselijn
File:Johannes Vermeer - Het melkmeisje - Google Art Project.jpg|*The Milkmaid* ( 1657–58) by Johannes Vermeer
File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn - Portret van een paar als Oud-Testamentische figuren, genaamd 'Het Joodse bruidje' - Google Art Project.jpg|*The Jewish Bride* ( 1667) by Rembrandt
File:Portret van een meisje in het blauw Rijksmuseum SK-A-3064.jpeg|*Girl in a Blue Dress* (1641) by Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck
File:Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael - Landschap met waterval - Google Art Project.jpg|*Landscape with Waterfall* (1660s) by Jacob van Ruisdael

## Visitors 
## Restaurant 
Rijks,  as RIJKS®, is a restaurant in the Philips Wing. Joris Bijdendijk has been the chef since the opening in 2014. The restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 2017.

## Notes
## References
## Other websites
*Rijksmuseum, official website