The Rijksmuseum

February 14- Today I decided to go to the Rijksmuseum with Dan, Ian, and Tyler.  The outside of the Rijksmuseum is very large and impressive.  

(There is also a picture of the front of the Rijksmuseum in my second post in this blog)  The building had a very unique and cool looking exterior and interior.  The museum included a large number of paintings by Dutch artists and also included some old guns and expensive plates made of silver and gold.  This museum also included a couple rooms dedicated entirely to Rembrandt, the main attraction in the Rijksmuseum.  The painting “Night Watch” is also located there.  Since cameras are not allowed in the museum, a picture of "The Night Watch" can be found here: http://thefastertimes.com/overlookedhistory/files/2009/09/rembrandt_night_watch.jpg

It is a very famous painting and the only painting I recognized in the whole museum.  I am not very much into art or paintings but that painting was very impressive because of the large size and detail that went into the painting.  Overall the museum was enjoyable and I would suggest everyone to visit.  What confused me about the museum was how small it actually was.  Just by looking at the outside of the building one would think that the museum was also huge but was actually only two floors with 14 rooms total.  But it turns out that most of the Rijksmuseum was being remodeled or under reconstruction unfortunately.