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Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Rembrandt House)

Jodenbreestraat 4-6, Amsterdam 1011, The Netherlands (Binnenstad)
020/520-0400
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Ranked #6 of 250 attractions in Amsterdam
Type: Historic Sites, Art Museums
Description: Rembrandt lived and worked from 1639 to 1658 in this 17th-century house, which today is a museum that pays tribute to the artist's life and career.
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Newton, MA
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

What an interesting museum. Some artists were also art dealers in Rembrandt's time. The main part of the house served as a gallery for his work and others that he represented including paintings by his students. There was even a bed in the living area/gallery for overnight guests who traveled to view the art work. His studio upstairs had easels... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2013 NEW

Wandering through his house that he lost and seeing how they recreated his living conditions were amazing. They were very short people.

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Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013

The Rembrandthouse had, apart from their excellent exposition including explanation of Rembrandt, his house and painting and gravure technics and of course his paintings, a special expositions of old prints from scenes of Amsterdam, its canals and special buildings from late 19th and early 20th century. A pleasure for everyone who loves Amsterdam. This exposition is still going on,

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2013

The building has been beautifully restored and updated. The Golden Age floor is fairly crowded but is worth it. The presentation and quality of the paintings is stunning in the central hall. The rest of the floor has a very good mix of objects and paintings - stunning glass in one room, beautiful silver and gold plates etc, wonderful dolls... More

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Bristol, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2013

The original house has been meticulously refurbished in authentic period furniture. There was a demonstration of paint preparation and the hand-held fully interactional talking guides were so useful -could have spent a week there not just a few hours and the shop was good value as well!

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2013

It makes you wonder about how he was able to afford quite a place. It was also quite fortunate that there were drawings made by himself and an entire inventory of items taken so that the museum could recreate everything down to the last detail.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2013

Very interesting to see how Rembrandt lived and worked and to see demonstrations in print making and paint manufacturing from pigments. Lovely and knowledgable staff. Etchings exhibition was fantastic.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2013

A lot to see in the museum. My suggestion is to have an idea about what you would like to see so you will not spend endless time. I would also like to recommend getting a City Pass so you do not have to wait in queue. This will save you considerable time as for the queue can be rather... More

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Annandale, Virginia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2013

This museum looks like a canal house -- and it is. The museum is next door to Rembrant's house, and the audioguide takes you into the kitchen then up many steep staircases to explore how the house was decorated and arranged when Rembrandt owned it.

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2013

This has been a favourite place of mine to visit since my first trip in 2005. I love the etchings (and the provision of the magnifying glass). Audio guide pretty good here too.

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