Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum set to reopen after a decade of renovation

Following a ten-year transformation Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is to re-open to the public on 13 April. The updated museum features a new pavilion to house the museum’s rich collection of Asian art and a redesigned garden space creating an ‘outdoor museum’. Restored gallery spaces offer a new style of presentation, with 80 galleries and 8,000 objects providing a chronology of Dutch art and history, from the Middle Ages through to work featured for the first time from the twentieth century. Among these collections will be more than 100 new pieces acquired in the last decade using both pubic funds and donations from businesses and private donors. The building redesign was led by Seville-based architecture firm Cruz y Ortiz, working with Dutch restoration architect Van Hoogevest. The galleries were redesigned by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, known for his work at the Louvre.