About the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Housed in a strikingly palatial building, Amsterdam's famed Rijksmuseum is the largest museum in the Netherlands and home to a world-renowned collection of art and artefacts. The prime attraction is the magnificent exhibit of Dutch paintings from the 17th century, the legendary Golden Age. Inspiring highlights include works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Frans Hals and Jan Steen. The historical focal point of the museum is Rembrandt's large and fascinating canvas, The Night Watch. Many other additional treasures are on display to excite and intrigue.
While the restoration of the main building is underway, the Rijksmuseum will be displaying the crème de la crème of its collection in the Philips Wing. 'The Masterpieces' offers the unique opportunity to view all the highlights of the Dutch Golden Age in one place.
From now on it is possible to order your tickets and audio tour for the Rijksmuseum, The Masterpieces online.
About the Shanghai Museum
As a museum of ancient Chinese art, Shanghai Museum possesses a collection of 120,000 precious works of art. Its rich and high-quality collection of ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy is specially celebrated in the world. Since October 12th, 1996 the Museum is housed in a new building at the very centre of the city, the People's Square. The 29.5 meters high new building has a construction space of 39,200 square meters. Its unique architectural form of a round top with a square base, symbolizing the ancient Chinese philosophy that the square earth is under the round sky, is a distinguished architectural combination of traditional feature and modern spirit. The present Shanghai Museum has eleven galleries and three special temporary exhibition halls.
Editor: Xu Shenglan
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