Skip to main content

Welcome to the Rijksmuseum

Guided tour

Discover the most famous artworks at the Rijksmuseum from Rembrandt to Van Gogh. In this interactive tour your students will get to know the museum via different themes, such as water, tolerance and colonial trade.

Program

During the one-hour tour we will welcome you at the Rijksmuseum and will introduce ourselves via our collection. In the tour you visit different centuries and will discover the stories hidden in the building, art works and objects. Why was the Netherlands in the 17th century seen as tolerant and how did this effect the arts? What do famous painters as Rembrandt and Van Gogh have in common? And where did all this splendor come from and what were the circumstances for those who weren’t rich or had to work in slavery?

Prepare your visit

Part of the fun of discovering the stories of the Rijksmuseum starts ahead of the visit. For example you and your students can already discover some of the secrets of our most famous painting: the Night Watch by Rembrandt.

Experience The Night Watch in an unique way

Good to know

Please be at the assembly point for schools 15 minutes prior to the tour, outside the museum next to the regular entrances. You can report your group with one our security guards. They will let you enter the museum. Once in the museum, you can go to the School Desk. This is the point where the tour will start.

Book a tour

Select your tickets

Continue

Daily
Guided tours

Duration

1 hour

Language

The tour is available in English.

Price

€ 75 per 15 students

Supervisors

  • min. 1, max. 2 supervisor per 15 students
  • supervisors have free admission

Book your tour three weeks in advance.
The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq

The Night Watch Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), oil on canvas, 1642

1 | 7

The Milkmaid The Milkmaid

The Milkmaid Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), oil on canvas, c. 1660

1 | 7

De voorhal De voorhal

The Great Hall

1 | 7

The Threatened Swan The Threatened Swan

The Threatened Swan Jan Asselijn (1610–1652), oil on canvas, c. 1650

1 | 7

Girl in a White Kimono Girl in a White Kimono

Girl in a White Kimono George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923), oil on canvas, 1894

1 | 7

The Gallery of Honour

1 | 7

De bibliotheek De bibliotheek

The Cuypers Library

1 | 7

The best of the Rijksmuseum

We love Vermeer

4:11 min. - But why?

What's on

All our exhibitions and activities

Visiting safely