Editing Rijksmuseum (section)

== Number of visitors ==
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|1975||1,412,000<ref name="visitors1975">{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/nu-in-het-museum/nieuws/openingsjaar-rijksmuseum-breek-alle-records Openingsjaar Rijksmuseum breek alle records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228175959/https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/nu-in-het-museum/nieuws/openingsjaar-rijksmuseum-breek-alle-records |date=28 December 2013 }}, Rijksmuseum, 2013. Retrieved on 2013-12-27.</ref>
|2000||1,146,438<ref name="ar2001">{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/8ca436c7-cc0c-4b88-8d35-8edcd3bbba8d/Jaarverslag-2001.pdf Jaarverslag 2001], Rijksmuseum, 2002. Retrieved 25 April 2013.</ref>
|2010||896,393<ref name="ar2011"/>
|2020
|675,325<ref name="RIJKSMUSEUM">{{Cite web |title=RIJKSMUSEUM JAARVERSLAGEN |url=https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/over-ons/wat-we-doen/jaarverslagen#:~:text=RIJKSMUSEUM%20JAARVERSLAGEN-,Jaarverslag%202021,-Jaarverslag%202020 |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=RIJKSMUSEUM |language=Dutch}}</ref>
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|2001||1,015,561<ref name="ar2001"/>
|2011||1,010,402<ref name="ar2011"/>{{efn|This includes the 16,777 visitors to the main building.}}
|2021
|623,923<ref name="RIJKSMUSEUM" />
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|1992||1,216,103<ref name="visitors1993"/>{{efn|In 1993, the visitors number had decreased with 23% to 936,400, i.e. there were approximately 1,216,103 visitors in 1992.}}
|2002||1,100,488<ref name="ar2003">{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/ffa3b4ec-6787-4be8-9186-c946af10e2c3/Jaarverslag-2003.pdf Jaarverslag 2003], Rijksmuseum, 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2013.</ref>
|2012||894,058<ref name="jaarverslag2012">[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/6f1a1857-a468-4269-b90e-1624fa6880a3/Jaarverslag-2012.pdf Jaarverslag 2012] (in Dutch), Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 23 January 2017.</ref>
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|1993||936,400<ref name="visitors1993">{{in lang|nl}} "[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1994/01/06/museumbezoek-in-1993-sterk-gedaald-7209156-a774983 Museumbezoek in 1993 sterk gedaald]", ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'', 1994. Retrieved 21 November 2016.</ref>
|2003||833,450<ref name="ar2003"/>{{efn|The main building was closed from 7 December 2003.}}
|2013||2,246,122<ref name="visitors2013"/>
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|1994||1,002,000<ref>{{in lang|nl}} "[http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief/nieuwe-musea-hadden-in-1995-een-goede-start~a419237/ Nieuwe musea hadden in 1995 een goede start]", ''[[de Volkskrant]]'', 1996. Retrieved 21 November 2016.</ref><ref name="visitors1995"/>{{efn|In 1995, the visitor number had decreased with 60,000 to 942,000, i.e. there were approximately 1,002,000 visitors in 1994.}}
|2004||812,102<ref name="ar2005">{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/755acf26-5c0e-4836-b7b6-26ca100320f6/Jaarverslag-2005.pdf Jaarverslag 2005], Rijksmuseum, 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2013.</ref>
|2014||2,474,352<ref name="visitors2014"/>
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|1995||942,000<ref name="visitors1995">{{in lang|nl}} "[http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detail/2728791/1996/01/04/Grote-musea-trokken-in-1995-minder-bezoekers.dhtml Grote musea trokken in 1995 minder bezoekers]", ''[[Trouw]]'', 1996. Retrieved 21 November 2016.</ref>
|2005||842,586<ref name="ar2005"/>
|2015||2,345,666<ref name="visitors2015">[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/4beec038-f802-44e2-97d2-c974a7b79bd8/RM-JVS-2015.pdf Jaarverslag 2015] (in Dutch), Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 23 January 2017.</ref>
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|1996||1,275,000<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2676/Cultuur/archief/article/detail/502621/1997/01/03/Rijksmuseum-en-Kunsthal-trekken-veel-bezoekers.dhtml Rijksmuseum en Kunsthal trekken veel bezoekers], ''[[de Volkskrant]]'', 1997. Retrieved 25 April 2013.</ref>
|2006||1,142,182<ref name="ar2011">{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/f5944e19-f43b-4d9b-a262-88be09b3c9ab/Jaarverslag-2011.pdf Jaarverslag 2011], Rijksmuseum, 2012. Retrieved on 25 April 2013.</ref>
|2016||2,200,000 (est.)<ref name="visitors2016">{{in lang|nl}} Jasper Piersma, "[http://www.parool.nl/kunst-en-media/van-gogh-museum-zit-rijks-op-de-hielen-als-populairste-museum~a4441426/ Van Gogh Museum zit Rijks op de hielen als populairste museum]", ''[[Het Parool]]'', 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.</ref>
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|1997||1,084,652<ref name="ar1998">{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/f3897b4b-4781-4d74-a84b-4e2367c2a2f0/Jaarverslag-1998.pdf Jaarverslag 1998], Rijksmuseum, 1999. Retrieved 25 April 2013.</ref>
|2007||969,561<ref name="ar2011"/>
|2017
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|1998||1,229,445<ref name="ar1999">{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/downloads/f0f62a71-e73d-442f-a7b6-e08ac79c69b2/Jaarverslag-1999.pdf Jaarverslag 1999], Rijksmuseum, 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2013.</ref>
|2008||975,977<ref name="ar2011"/>
|2018
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|1999||1,310,497<ref name="ar1999"/>
|2009||876,453<ref name="ar2011"/>
|2019
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The 20th-century visitor record of 1,412,000 was reached in the year 1975.<ref name="visitors1975"/>

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the Rijksmuseum was annually visited by 0.9 to 1.3&nbsp;million people. On 7 December 2003, the main building of the museum was closed for a renovation until 13 April 2013. In the preceding decade, the number of visitors had slightly decreased to 0.8 to 1.1&nbsp;million people. The museum says after the renovation, the museum's capacity is 1.5 to 2.0&nbsp;million visitors annually.<ref name="renovation"/> Within eight months since the reopening in 2013, the museum was visited by 2&nbsp;million people.<ref>[https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/press-releases/rijksmuseum-welcomes-two-millionth-visitor Rijksmuseum welcomes two millionth visitor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228180409/https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/press-releases/rijksmuseum-welcomes-two-millionth-visitor |date=28 December 2013 }} (press release), Rijksmuseum, 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.</ref>

The museum had 2.2&nbsp;million visitors in 2013 and reached an all-time record of 2.47&nbsp;million visitors in 2014.<ref name="visitors2014"/><ref name="visitors2013"/><ref name="ar2005"/><ref name="ar2011"/><ref name="ar2001"/><ref name="ar2003"/><ref name="jaarverslag2012"/> The museum was the [[List of most visited museums in the Netherlands|most visited museum in the Netherlands]] and the [[List of most visited art museums in the world|19th most visited art museum in the world]] in 2013 and 2014.<ref name="nlranking2014">{{in lang|nl}} Claudia Kammer & Daan van Lent, "[http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2014/12/31/musea-trokken-dit-jaar-opnieuw-meer-bezoekers/ Musea trokken dit jaar opnieuw meer bezoekers]", ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'', 2014. Retrieved on 18 July 2015.</ref><ref name="worldranking2014">[http://www.museus.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TheArtNewspaper_Ranking2014.pdf Top 100 Art Museum Attendance], ''[[The Art Newspaper]]'', 2015. Retrieved on 18 July 2015.</ref><ref name="visitors2013"/><ref name="worldranking2013">[http://www.museus.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/TheArtNewspaper2013_ranking.pdf Top 100 Art Museum Attendance], ''[[The Art Newspaper]]'', 2014. Retrieved on 28 June 2014.</ref>

The [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands|COVID-19]] pandemic forced the closure of the museum from 15 December 2020, until 4 June 2021.<ref name="RIJKSMUSEUM" />