Operation Night Watch
Closer than ever before
Operation Night Watch is the biggest and most wide-ranging ever study of Rembrandt’s most famous painting. The project started in summer 2019 and is being carried out in full view of the visiting public, in a specially designed glass chamber.
The Night Watch is Rembrandt’s most celebrated painting, showing citizens of Amsterdam protecting the city. The painting is almost 400 years old, and it deserves the best possible care so that people can continue to enjoy it, far into the future. That’s why in 2019 the Rijksmuseum started Operation Night Watch, the biggest and most wide-ranging research and conservation project ever carried out on Rembrandt’s masterpiece.
THE RESEARCH PROJECT
The Rijksmuseum is conducting this research on The Night Watch in partnership with experts from AkzoNobel.
We thank
Operation Night Watch is made possible by The Bennink Foundation, C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken, PACCAR Foundation, Piet van der Slikke & Sandra Swelheim, American Express Foundation, Familie De Rooij, Het AutoBinck Fonds, TBRM Engineering Solutions, Dina & Kjell Johnsen, Familie D. Ermia, Familie M. van Poecke, Bruker Nano Analytics, Henry M. Holterman Fonds, Irma Theodora Fonds, Luca Fonds, Piek-den Hartog Fonds, Stichting Zabawas, Cevat Fonds, Johanna Kast-Michel Fonds, Marjorie & Jeffrey A. Rosen, Stichting Thurkowfonds, Familie Van Ogtrop Fonds, FedEx Express, Airbnb, NICAS, the Night Watch Fund, the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Museum.
Main partner
Daily 9-17h
Night Watch Gallery
