Things to do in Amsterdam: Museums

Things to do in Amsterdam: Museums

Things to do in Amsterdam: Museums

Things to do in Amsterdam: Museums

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Your all-in-one Guide to Amsterdam Museums: Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Anne Frank House & Hermitage Amsterdam

If you go to Amsterdam (Holland) and want to pay a visit to its world-famous museums, then this digital set is for you. For people who like engaging, accessible guides without art historical jargon.

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Highlights of the Collection is a lavishly illustrated publication containing the most important highlights of all centuries. Written in a pleasant conversational style, the book describes masterpieces of the Dutch Golden Age such as The Night Watch and The Jewish Bride by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, The Milkmaid and The Woman Reading a Letter by Johannes Vermeer, and the famous pictures by Jan Steen and Frans Hals, amongst many others. But the museum guide is not only about Dutch 17th-century paintings. It also describes the highlights of the 18th, 19th and 20th century, the highlights of the applied arts like porcelain, furniture and silver, and - last but not least - the exquisite collection of Asian art, displayed at the specially-built Asian pavilion.

In The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam you will get valuable advice on how to avoid the queus and make the most of your visit to this memorable hidingplace of Anne Frank. Discover the secret annexe behind the bookcase where Anne, the 13-year old Jewish girl and her family lived for 2 years, and where she wrote the now famous Anne Frank diaries. You will read about the daily life in the Achterhuis, about the people hiding, the Anne Frank Tree, the betrayal and subsequent deportation.

Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam - Highlights of the Collection is of course another must see when you travel to The Netherlands. The guide gives a biography of Van Gogh and provides valuable background information on many paintings and drawings by Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries and predecessors. By reading about them beforehand you will be able to maximize your viewing experience.

Hermitage Amsterdam is the only European satellite of the famous Hermitage in St Petersburg in Russia. Slightly off the beaten track, but also a must see when you visit Amsterdam. The museum is housed in a fascinating old building, Amstelhof, and stages excellent temporary exhibitions.

The boxed set Things To Do in Amsterdam: Museums comprises these 4 essential guides

  • Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Highlights of the Collections
  • Anne Frank House in Amsterdam - Anne's Secret Annex Turned into Museum (26 pp)
  • Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam - Highlights of the Collection
  • Hermitage Amsterdam - Highlights from the Hermitage St Petersburg

The all-in-one digital set is designed for easy reference. Download before your visit and you will more fully understand and enjoy what you are about to see.

This guide will make your visit to Amsterdam an enjoyable experience


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789492371768
Publisher: Amsterdam Publishers
Publication date: 05/14/2018
Series: Amsterdam Museum Guides , #5
Pages: 204
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

art expert based in Amsterdam

Dutch arthistorian, PhD on Van Gogh drawings at Courtauld Institute of Art

Table of Contents

RIJKSMUSEUM





Introduction 4



Gallery of Honor and 17th-century Art 7



The Rembrandt Hall with The Night Watch 30



Medieval and 16th-century Art 33



18th-century Art 47



19th-century Art 58



20th-century Art 75



Asian Art 78



Special Collections 89



Location and Tickets 91





ANNE FRANK HOUSE



Introduction 97



The Frank Family 99



The ‘Achterhuis’ 101



Daily Life in the Secret Annex 103



The Betrayal 105



The Diaries 107



Some Facts and Figures 109



History of the Anne Frank House 110



The Anne Frank Tree 112



Location and Address 114



Museums near the Anne Frank House 116



Further Reading 118





VAN GOGH MUSEUM



Introduction 121



The Building 123



Short Biography of Vincent van Gogh 126



Permanent Collection 131



The Netherlands 133



Antwerp (1885 - 1886) 135



Paris (1886 - 1888) 138



Arles (1888 - 1889) 145



Saint-Rémy (1889 - 1890) 150



Auvers-sur-Oise (1890) 155



Other Artists in the Collection 157



Practical Information 173





HERMITAGE AMSTERDAM



Introduction 177



Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age 179



History of the Museum 182



The Building 184



Exhibition Program 186



Location and Tickets 187



Other Museums near Hermitage Amsterdam 189



Further Reading Suggestions 190



Colophon 195

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