Rijksmuseum Private Guided Tour

Join our guided art tour through the permanent collection of the Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum Private Guided Tour

Join our guided art tour through the permanent collection of the Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum Private Guided Tour – With Reserved Entry

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.

Description

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.

Inclusions
  • Professional Tour Guide in your chosen language.
  • Reserved entry tickets 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.
  • Gratuities for the guide.
  • Food and beverage.
Practical information

Duration: 2 hours

Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the departure of the tour or buy your tickets online in advance.

Meeting point

Cobra Cafe Amsterdam located at Hobbemastraat 18, 1071 ZB, Amsterdam, NL.

Cancellation policy

Guided Tours in English
We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is cancelled 1 day or less before the event.

Guided tours in Italian
Bookings are non-refundable. All sales are final.

If you booked through a booking platform, you must reschedule directly with them.

THE RIKSMUSEUM GUIDED TOUR IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A PUBLIC TOUR.
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My wife and I are from Australia. We participated in an "Anne Frank - Walking Tour" with KATRIEN, who was very pleasant and was an excellent guide. She took us to many interesting sites related to the Ann Frank story. She was very informative and at the end of the tour we knew a lot about the history of Amsterdam, Anne Frank's life and in particular the Jewish persecution. At the end of this tour, Katrien was also very helpful in giving us general information such as eating places, travel directions etc. Highly recommended Tour.
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Excelente tour, a Maria Esther foi excecional na forma como conduziu a experiência/explicação. Adoramos e voltaríamos a repetir eu e toda a família! A Maria transporta-nós para a época pelo modo como apresentou a história sobre a vida de Anne Franck! Parabéns pela seu excelente trabalho e pela empatia que criou em todo o grupo! Obrigada Margarida Nivais Antonio Novais Madalena Novais
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Excelente guia, a Maria Esther fez um narração apaixonante. Muito marcante
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Katrien was a fantastic guide, very knowledgeable and great with all of our group.
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Una experiencia sin duda alguna llena de mucha historia, de buena enseñanza y la aportación que caracterizó a María Esther fue muy ejemplar; debido a su conocimiento sobre el tema. Gracias !!
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Robin was excellent very informative and helpful
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Un tour super interesante sobre todo gracias a maria esther que nos tuvo atentos todo el camino con sus explicaciones. Nos ha gustado mucho.
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Excelente explicación. Muy bien documentada y con gran respeto hacia los hechos históricos. No solo ha sido muy interesante sino que María Esther os ha ayudado a entender qué pasó en aquellos años terribles de la ocupación nazi de Ámsterdam. Muchas gracias.
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Reinaldo es excelente guía, tiene mucho conocimiento y es una persona que hace el recorrido muy dinámico y entretenido
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I had the pleasure of taking the 2 hour English Anne Frank walking tour with Clare J. Her knowledge was vast and thorough. It was a great and informative tour with a wonderful group of people.
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Great Caroline was a great guide! Very great tour and very insightful
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Great history Manuel was a great guide and was passionate about the history of the city.
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​Mit Amy auf Anne Franks Spuren: Ein absolutes Highlight unserer Reise! Wir durften zu zweit an einer ganz tolle Führung von Amy teilnehmen. Sie hat uns ganz viel Wissenwertes und Spannedes über Anne, ihre Familie und Bekannte erzählt, Orte gezeigt und uns durch die Stadt geführt. Die 2 Stunden vergingen wie im Flug. Amy hat die Führung spannend gestaltet, durch ihre Fragen an uns hat sie uns zum mitdenken animiert. Wir durften viel neues lernen und sind wirklich begeistert von der schönen Tour. Außerdem hat sie uns eine Übersicht mitgegeben mit ihren Favoriereten, Museen und spannendes was man in Amsterdam erleben kann das ist super cool für uns als Touristen. Viele vielen Dank! Laura & Sabine
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Crystal R
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WALKING TOUR IN AMSTERDAM Amazing tour with lots of history and significance. Our guide was very passionate and knowledgeable (Ollie) and also took the time to select his favorite passages from Anne Frank’s diary. He was able to answer questions on the spot and was great at keeping our group together.
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Manuel was the best Manuel was excellent. Great tour.
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Wonderful guided tour Martina was a wonderful and knowledgeable guide
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Excellent and informative tour of the Van Gogh museum My guide was Petra, she was waiting at the meeting site when I arrived 15 minutes early, introduced herself and we chatted while we waited for one more person who ended up meeting us inside the museum. Petra was very professional yet made the tour very personal with her passion for the art and Van Gogh. Her explanations were thorough with loads of background info too. I’m so glad I booked this tour and I would highly recommend it
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Gaining Knowledge A good experience with a lot of learning!!
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Vandring i Anne Franks fotspår Guiden Rebecka gav 120%. Mycket duktig på att berätta och svara på frågor. Hon gav oss dessutom nästan en timme extra tid. Tack Rebecka Maggi & Lena
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Great Martina S. Great guide and informative.
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