NB the exhibition is postponed due to the ongoing lockdown in Germany. The exhibition is now scheduled to open in February, although the exact opening date is yet to be confirmed. Please refer to More Info
Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace
Sixty-five paintings that usually hang in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and are widely acknowledged to be among the highlights of the Royal Collection will be brought together in a gallery More Info
Maritime Masterpieces
Sublime seascapes from the 16th to the 21st centuries are brought together in the Maritime Museum as part of Boijmans Next Door. Art history and maritime history merge in a mix and match of paintings More Info
Rembrandt’s Orient. West Meets East in Dutch Art of the Seventeenth-Century
For someone who, for all we know, never left his native country, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn had a strikingly broad horizon. As an artist, collector, and citizen, he came into contact with artifacts, More Info
Facing Van Eyck. The Miracle of Detail
Facing Van Eyck. The Miracle of Detail looks at Jan van Eyck’s extraordinary works through a contemporary lens. Thanks to pioneering digital techniques and new scientific research at the Royal More Info
Alone with Vermeer
The renowned French novelist Marcel Proust visited the Mauritshuis in 1902 and was deeply impressed by Vermeer’s masterpiece. Many years later he wrote in a letter: ‘From the moment that I saw View of More Info
Leef/Tijd—Life/Time
In the time of corona, when we have to keep distance from each other, we depend even more on contact by eye. Rembrandt was good at looking, with a sympathetic eye – his imags of old people are More Info
Frans Hals – All his militia pieces
As of 19 September 2020, all of Frans Hals’ militia pieces will be on display in a temporary exhibition at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem. Thanks to a special loan from the Rijksmuseum, ‘The Meagre More Info
Dankzij Waller / Thanks to Waller
The art historian and print expert François Gérard Waller (1867-1934) is one of the Rijksmuseum’s greatest benefactors. During his life he donated to the museum his extensive collections of decorated More Info
Renaissance Children
For the Burgundian and the early Habsburg princes, Mechelen was not only an important political and cultural hub but also an educational centre. Three consecutive generations of Habsburg princes and More Info
Facelifts & Make-overs: Restoration at the Mauritshuis
Very few people know that there is a conservation studio in the Mauritshuis attic. A team of in-house conservators works there, dedicating their time to conservation, restoration and research and More Info
Arnt the Sculptor of Images – Master of animated Sculptures
The first exhibition dedicated to the founder of a rich school of sculpture on the Lower Rhine takes visitors into the era of the late Middle Ages. Some 60 works by the artist, who worked between More Info
Rembrandt Revealed
UPDATE: The museum is currently (May 2020) closed due to Covid-19. Please check the museum website for updates about museum opening hours. In the meantime, they have 'Museum at Home' offerings, More Info
Rubens: a Journey Through Europe
UPDATE: The museum, as of May 7, is reopened. Please check the museum website for up-to-date information about opening times. Traveling was part of everyday life for artists in the More Info
Peter Paul Rubens and the Baroque in the North
UPDATE: The exhibition dates have changed due to COVID-19. Please check the museum website for updated opening information and alternative on-line exhibitions. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is More Info