Rijksmuseum Guided Tour: Exploring the Dutch Golden Age with Rembrandt and Frans Hals

Embark on a 120-minute guided tour of the Rijksmuseum and delve into the Dutch Golden Age with renowned artists Rembrandt and Frans Hals. Discover the captivating history, values, and beliefs of this era through their masterpieces.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Museumplein - Cobra Cafe at Museumplein is the meeting point.
  • Rijksmuseum - 2-hour guided tour inside the Rijksmuseum.
What's Included
  • Live tour guide of your chosen language
  • 2-hour guided tour through the permanent collection
  • Option: additional one-hour Frans Hals exhibition (self-guided)
  • Entrance ticket to the museum
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

During this 120-minute art tour, through the permanent collection in the Rijksmuseum, you will explore how the artists Rembrandt and Vermeer captured the incredible expansion of the Dutch Golden Age.

See the people, the objects, and the paintings that define this unprecedented era of Dutch history, and explore how the art reflects the changing values and beliefs of the republic.

Meet your guide at the Cobra Cafe at Museumplein. Right at the starting time of the tour, the guide will enter the museum with the group. People who are late will unfortunately loose their ticket, as the museum works with strict timeslots.

After the 2-hour guided tour inside the Rijksmuseum, you can stay as long as you wish, relax at the cafe or continuing appreciating the work of arts.

Frans Hals:
Between 16th of February and 9th of June 2024, you can choose to enter the Frans Hals exhibition (one-hour), continued by a two-hour guided tour in English through the permanent collection.

Location
Cobra Café
Hobbemastraat
Find your guide holding a 360 Amsterdam Tours sign outside the Cobra Cafe at Museumplein. The guide holds your entrance tickets, so you need to meet him at the meeting point. He will leave the meeting point at the starting time of the tour and after that it is no longer possible to join the tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Cathrin_c
Jul 2, 2024
Dutch Art & History - great experience & tour with Martinas - Our guide Martinas was very knowledgeable and by concentrating on specific works and pointing out the techniques employed by various artists she brought the overwhelming aspect of the museum's collection down to a comfortable and comprehensible level. Thank you.
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Travel751009
Jul 2, 2024
Take this tour! - Clare was fantastic. Super knowledgeable and passionate about the art. Our family thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Delightful!
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U2377bqcarln
Jul 1, 2024
Fantastic experience! - We toured with Claire W and she was fantastic. Claire was very knowledgeable and friendly and made our tour so very enjoyable: the highlight of our vacation!
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Manishb89
Jul 1, 2024
Excellent tour for those who are not into this - Definitely worth it even for someone who is not much into this. The tour guide Mr. Goose Van der Leij was knowledgeable, honest, kind and patient. He explained things in a way that made it interesting for us. Our two kiddos who were 6 and 8 did the entire 2 hours or so with no issues. We were 5 adults and two kids. The entire group was 11 of us for the tour. Recommend doing a tour guide and as early as possible like we did. It’s gets busy and crowded later. The museum is clean and neat including the toilets. The lockers are great and free. Not sure if we paid for them as part of our tour guide package. Walk a block or and you have places to grab a bite. There is a nice coffee shop in the museum as well. But it does get full pretty quickly.
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Barbara_g
Jun 30, 2024
Unforgettable and Beyond Expectations! - Outstanding tour guide! Small group experience early in morning is the best way to see the vast collection.
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Maryfreda_b
Jun 29, 2024
Fabulous art tour , and guide! - Loved our tour through this famous art museum, our guide was Wibe and he was so learned, spoke clearly and guided us through the most important aspects of the Dutch artists. The Vermeer and Rembrandt originals were beyond wonderful! This was a fabulous tour thank you!
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Janet
Jun 29, 2024
Kiran was excellent - Kiran is an excellent guide and I really enjoyed his knowledge of Dutch history and the art he showed us.
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Kim_v
Jun 28, 2024
Pearls of wisdom - Daniels excitement and enthusism for each piece of art helped me to see more and understand more of the artist, the time period and the subject.
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Susanne_g
Jun 27, 2024
Great Experience! - This was a great tour! Hearing all the details about the different artist was so amazing! She was very knowledgeable and informative. We really appreciated her.
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Stephen_s
Jun 28, 2024
Hit the highlights; pointed out unique points - Wybe was very knowledgeable, engaging sense of humor and used to handling crowds. We thought our group was distracting going on tangents but Wybe handled it well. We were glad to have him show the highlights of the museum and give the history and connections behind the art.
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