The Rijksmuseum, Closed Since 2003, Won’t Completely Reopen Until 2012

artwork: Cornelius Claesz. van Wieringen - "The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, 25 April 1607", circa 1621 - Oil on canvas 137.5 x 188 cm. - The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Amsterdam.- Sad news this week for Amsterdam museum-goers as the city announced that the Rijksmuseum, which was most recently scheduled to reopen after a renovation in 2010, now won’t complete the massive overhaul until late 2012 or early 2013. The country’s most impressive “State Museum” has been mostly closed to the public since 2003, so now it appears that the upgrade will be a 10-year project even if things stay on this new schedule. However during the large-scale rebuilding of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam till 2013, the finest works from the 17th century in the Rijksmuseum will continue to be on view under the title ‘The Masterpieces’.

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