Rijksmuseum Guided Tour- With Reserved Entry
What your day looks like
Meet your guide 15 minutes before the start of the 120 minute tour, outside the Cobra Cafe at Museumplein, by the parking/toilet entrance of the cafe. Your guide will be holding an orange umbrella so it is easy to identify! Skip-the-line entrance into the Rijksmuseum is included in your tour, and the guide will have your tickets ready for you. Once inside the museum, you and your small group will explore the highlights of the Dutch Golden Age, exploring the art and objects that defined the new Dutch Republic. Be amazed by the illusionism of the still-life and interiors paintings, be inspired by the scale of Rembrandt’s ‘The Nightwatch’, and see the dollhouse of every young child's dreams. Along the way, your professional guide will explain the social and historical context that gave rise to one of the biggest middle class art markets the world had ever seen. After the tour, you are welcome to continue to explore the rest of some of the 8,000 works on display as your ticket is valid all day. Or maybe you want to relax in the cafe or the museum shop. Please note that the special exhibitions are not always included. No large bags, suitcases, or umbrellas are allowed inside the museum, only handbags or small thin backpacks are allowed inside. For the enjoyment of all the visitors in the museum, some specific rooms inside the museum are subjected to a very quiet or restricted right to speak inside, in this case your guide will provide information about these places before entering the specific rooms where this rule applies.
The experience, in brief
- During this 120 minute art tour, through the permanent collection in the Rijksmuseum, you will explore how artists like Rembrandt and Frans Hals captured the incredible expansion of the Dutch Golden Age. See the people, objects, and the painting
Your day, step by step
Amsterdam
Sightseeing at Rijksmuseum.
What to know before booking
Included
Professional live tour guide (English, German, French or Dutch) Regular entrance to the Rijksmuseum Highlights of the permanent collection (artworks may not be on display if they are on loan,or under conservation)
Not Included
Special exhibitions Food & beverages Tips & gratuities
What to Bring
Be at the meeting point 15 minutes before starting time
Restrictions
Please note that special exhibitions are not always included. No large bags, suitcases, or umbrellas are allowed inside the museum, only handbags or small thin backpacks are allowed inside. For the enjoyment of all the visitors in the museum, some specific rooms inside the museum are subjected to a very quiet or restricted right to speak inside, in this case, your guide will provide information about these places before entering the specific rooms where this rule applies.
Meeting & Pickup
Cobra Cafe Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Hobbemastraat 18 - Hobbemastraat 18, Amsterdam, 1071 ZB.
Planning Notes
Hotel pickup offered: No Confirmation: Automatic
What travelers are saying
Our museum guide was extremely knowledgeable and provided a good deal of information not only with key paintings but also with a good historical overview.
Client Review: I would recommend it to anyone visiting. Our guide was outstanding—so knowledgeable about art history and the preservation of these treasured works and pointing out details that so often go unseen. Seeing Rembrandt’s The Night Watch and Van Gogh’s self-portrait in person was unforgettable. Even after the guided tour, We stayed for two more hours, and we still felt like we had only scratched the surface. You could truly spend days there.
Claire W was one of the best tour guides I have ever had (for any tour I’ve done). She was extremely knowledgeable, engaging, and cared greatly that we had a complete experience. I wanted the tour to go all day she was so good. She gave a great overall view of the history of art and sprinkled interesting details throughout. So glad I did the tour and would do it again.
This tour was not skip-the-line which made it go later than scheduled. We missed our next tour because this one was late.