Dag everyone,
Hope that everyone is going well in their respective necks of the proverbial woods. We intended on doing some museum hopping today but only ended up at one. Largely because we waited 35 minutes to get in to the Rijksmuseum which is around a 35 minute walk southeast of us. The effort however was well worth it.
Some original parts of the building have been standing since the 15th century, but the section of the building that the main exhibition is now held is known as the Fragments building. This is due to the fact that it is pieced together from fragments of other historic Dutch buildings such as the Franeker Tower from the 16th century. The larger part of the Rijksmuseum is currently being restored and refitted, a process due to be complete in 2010. Despite I was a little disappointed that I could not walk the halls of the main building itself, the exhibition well and truly made up for that.
For the first time I stood in front of an actual Rembrandt. What an experience. So many exquisite paintings, fine silverware and even some 16th century weaponry. It is hard to place into words the moments of sheer awe as you stand amongst some simply beautiful history crafted over 400 years ago.
Hopefully tomorrow our next stop will be the Film Museum of Amsterdam. If we manage enough time we might also make it to the Van Gogh Museum very near to the Rijksmuseum. Here are a few photos from today's excursion...
Hope that everyone is going well in their respective necks of the proverbial woods. We intended on doing some museum hopping today but only ended up at one. Largely because we waited 35 minutes to get in to the Rijksmuseum which is around a 35 minute walk southeast of us. The effort however was well worth it.
Some original parts of the building have been standing since the 15th century, but the section of the building that the main exhibition is now held is known as the Fragments building. This is due to the fact that it is pieced together from fragments of other historic Dutch buildings such as the Franeker Tower from the 16th century. The larger part of the Rijksmuseum is currently being restored and refitted, a process due to be complete in 2010. Despite I was a little disappointed that I could not walk the halls of the main building itself, the exhibition well and truly made up for that.
For the first time I stood in front of an actual Rembrandt. What an experience. So many exquisite paintings, fine silverware and even some 16th century weaponry. It is hard to place into words the moments of sheer awe as you stand amongst some simply beautiful history crafted over 400 years ago.
Hopefully tomorrow our next stop will be the Film Museum of Amsterdam. If we manage enough time we might also make it to the Van Gogh Museum very near to the Rijksmuseum. Here are a few photos from today's excursion...
The southeast corner of the Museum 
One of the plaques on the exterior walls of the museum 
The southwest corner of the museum
Another of the plaques on the ext. of the Museum
A view of the central part (southern face) of the main building that is currently been restored
Kind regards to all, as always, from "The Dam",
Jim and Ness
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