Rembrandt, Vermeer and the Dutch Golden Age.
Amsterdam, Netherlands Founded 1800
Founded in 1800 and housed since 1885 in a palace-like building by Pierre Cuypers, the Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands.
It tells the story of Dutch art and history, with the masterpieces of the seventeenth-century Golden Age at its heart.
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One family's collection from the court of Hyderabad.
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A pink stone palace by the Arabian Sea.
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Treasures of the Chinese emperors, carried across the sea.
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1,400 years of Islamic art in I. M. Pei's desert fortress.
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5,000 years of art on Fifth Avenue.
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Catherine the Great's collection in the Winter Palace.
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A royal palace turned into the world's most visited museum.
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Michelangelo's ceiling and the art of the popes.
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A rain of light under a floating dome.