Editing Rijksmuseum (section)

== Building ==
[[File:RIJKSMUSEUM, Cruz y Ortiz, foto- Duccio Malagamba (14264273823).jpg|thumb|The Gallery of Honour]]
The building of the Rijksmuseum was designed by [[Pierre Cuypers]] and opened in 1885. It consists of two squares with an atrium in each centre. In the central axis is a tunnel with the entrances at ground level and the Gallery of Honour at the first floor. The building also contains a library. The fragment building, branded Philips wing, contains building fragments that show the history of architecture in the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum is a ''[[rijksmonument]]'' (national heritage site) since 1970<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [https://archive.today/20140306092445/http://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/php/main.php?cAction=show&cOBJnr=5680 Monumentnummer: 5680], [[Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed]]. Retrieved on 6 March 2014.</ref> and was listed in the [[Top 100 Dutch heritage sites]] in 1990. The Asian pavilion was designed by [[Cruz y Ortiz]] and opened in 2013.

According to Muriel Huisman, Project Architect for the Rijksmuseum's renovation, "Cruz y Ortiz always like to look for synergy between old and new, and we try not to explain things with our architecture". With the Rijks, "there’s no cut between old and new; we’ve tried to merge it. We did this by looking for materials that were true to the original building, resulting in a kind of silent architecture."<ref name="archdaily.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/496461/rijksmuseum-revisited-the-dutch-national-museum-one-year-on/|title = Rijksmuseum Revisited: The Dutch National Museum One Year on|date = 15 April 2014}}</ref>

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File:Trippenhuis Amsterdam interior 003.jpg|The Rijksmuseum was located in the [[Trippenhuis]] between 1817 and 1885.
File:P.J.H. Cuypers Rijksmuseum perspective.jpg|Drawing of the design by [[Pierre Cuypers]] in 1876.
File:Rijksmuseum Amsterdam ca 1895.jpg|Front of Cuypers' building, circa 1895.
File:Museo Nacional, Ámsterdam, Países Bajos, 2016-05-30, DD 16-18 HDR.jpg|View of the facade by night.
File:Amsterdam 2016 Rijksmuseum.webm|Video of the Rijksmuseum (2016).
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