Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Tulip Museum

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I've visited 3 museums (Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Tulip Museum) last Sunday, 14th of March - my opinions on them:


Rijksmuseum
Cool museum!

I really liked the first rooms telling the history of Netherlands becoming a great power (1 paragraph written high, in large letters, on a wall in each room) - so poetic, such a nice politically correct language - it basically describes how The Kingdom of Netherlands kicked asses (Spain, a bit of Britain and so on), how they did commerce (including slavery, gold and something else if I remember correctly) and expanded into other parts of the world (i.e. colonies). Strange enough, it does not mention France and Germany, which I find very difficult to understand given that every nation in Europe used to continuously fight wars against its neighbors for resources or prestige or even fun/boredom (yes, Europeans have a very weird sense of humor).

There also are some paintings, including the famous Night Watch - yes, Rembrandt did a good job. Many rooms filled with paintings are made by his pupils - funny enough, there are too many made by his pupils (his pupils becomes an annoying phrase at one point) and just a few by Rembrandt itself!

Admission for Museumkaart holders: free entrance, yeah!
You can also let your coat, back pack etc. at a wardrobe right before entering the visiting area. Nice.



Van Gogh Museum

A lot of Van Goh paintings, of course, nicely organized with respect to the periods and locations in which Van Gogh painted.

There also were some other exhibitions - I remember the one regarding Paul Gauguin.

Admission for Museumkaart holders: free entrance, yeah!
You can also let your coat, back pack etc. at a wardrobe right before entering the visiting area. Nice.



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Tulip Museum

They had the story printed even in Romanian - that felt good!
It's a very-very small but well organized museum.

Admission: 2 EUR for students! Yes, stress gets paid off.



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Conclusion:
So far, so good, with visiting museums and making use of the Museumkaart.
I think I'll visit again the Rijksmuseum just to read those several politically correct paragraphs describing how the Dutch won the wars they fought and became a great power - congratulations!