Rijksmuseum
National museum in Amsterdam
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| February 10 2023 | The Rijksmuseum launched a landmark Vermeer exhibition, featuring 28 of the 37 known Vermeer works. Curator Pieter Roelofs described it as a 'once in a lifetime' event, which quickly sold out all time slot reservations. |
| 2021 | The Rijksmuseum added labels to 77 paintings and objects in its permanent collection, revealing previously hidden connections to the slavery system and challenging traditional narratives of Dutch wealth and power. |
| 2021 | The museum added explanatory labels to 77 paintings and objects in its permanent collection, highlighting their previously hidden connections to the slavery system. |
| August 2021 | The physical slavery exhibition at the Rijksmuseum concluded, having run from May to August. Simultaneously, the museum published an accompanying book titled 'Slavery' and maintained an online version of the exhibition. |
| June 4 2021 | Reopened after COVID-19 pandemic closure. |
| May 2021 | The Rijksmuseum launched a groundbreaking exhibition on slavery in the Dutch Empire, exploring the history of 1.6 million enslaved people across trans-Atlantic and colonial contexts, including Suriname, Brazil, Caribbean, South Africa, and Asia. The exhibition covered slavery from the 17th to 19th centuries and included diverse multimedia elements like paintings, archival documents, and personal stories. |
| December 15 2020 | Closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| June 2019 | Conclusion of the special Rembrandt exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, which ran from February to June, marking the end of the 350th anniversary commemoration of the artist's death. |
| February 2019 | The Rijksmuseum mounted a comprehensive exhibition commemorating the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt's death, showcasing all of the museum's Rembrandt works, including 22 paintings, 60 drawings, and over 300 prints. The exhibition prominently featured the marriage portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit, and displayed the Night Watch painting before its planned restoration. |
| 2017 | Rijks restaurant was awarded a Michelin star, recognizing its culinary excellence. |
| 2016 | Taco Dibbits becomes director of the Rijksmuseum, beginning a tenure that continues to the present time. |
| 2014 | Reached an all-time visitor record of 2.47 million people. |
| 2014 | Rijks restaurant opened in the Philips Wing of the Rijksmuseum, with Joris Bijdendijk as the chef de cuisine. |
| November 1 2014 | The Philips Wing reopened with the exhibition 'Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century'. |
| 2013 | Became the most visited museum in the Netherlands and the 19th most visited art museum in the world. |
| April 13 2013 | Reopened after a decade-long renovation, quickly attracting 2 million visitors within eight months. |
| April 13 2013 | The main building of the Rijksmuseum was officially reopened by Queen Beatrix. |
| March 2013 | The museum's main art pieces were moved back from the 'fragment building' (Philips Wing) to the main building, with The Night Watch returning to the Night Watch Room. |
| 2012 | The Rijksmuseum launched the Rijksstudio web platform, making 125,000 high-resolution images of its collection available for digital download, with plans to progressively add more images each year. |
| 2012 | The Rijksmuseum launched Rijksstudio, making 125,000 high-resolution images available for download online, with plans to progressively digitize their entire collection of one million works. |
| July 16 2012 | The reconstruction of the Rijksmuseum building was completed after an extensive renovation that took almost ten years and cost €375 million. |
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