Cuypers Library
במוזיאון הריקס
אזור : המוזיאונים
Museumstraat 1
1071 DE Amsterdam
שעות פתיחה: כל יום 9-17
מחיר כניסה: מבוגר 18.5€
ילדים עד גיל 18 בחינם
Cuypers Library
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
Thousands of books crowd the shelves of the largest art history library in the Netherlands, creating what resembles a wallpaper peppered with colorful bindings. Beams of sunlight spill through the windows, bathing the books in a soft glow. A spiral staircase curls in the corner like a metal ribbon, letting bibliophiles and art history buffs wind their way throughout the different levels.
The Cuypers Library is a research library in Amsterdam’s famous Rijksmuseum. It is the oldest and largest of its kind in the country and aesthetically astounding. However, despite the streams of tourists that flow through the museum, far too few seem to trickle into its remarkable reading room.
The 19th-century library, which has recently been restored, has been collecting content since 1885. Its shelves are stocked with manuscripts bound to entice any art history lover. While browsing its extensive collection, you’ll come across books, journals, and periodicals, as well as catalogues about art auctions, exhibitions, trades, and collections.
Following its renovations, the museum opened the library’s reading room to visitors. Tourists, students, and art historians alike are welcome to delve into its rich collection. Tables on the ground floor allow people to hunker down with their research materials, surrounded by the library’s aesthetically astounding walls of books.
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The Rijksmuseum is famous for its remarkable art collection but did you know that it is also home to one of the biggest and most important art libraries in the world? And even as a tourist, you can visit this beautiful research library, set in the main museum building. You can browse the library catalog and request and study prints, photographs, albums, books, and other publications from the collection. They have been collecting catalogs, books, and periodicals here since 1885. The reading room is beautiful; a classical room with arches, skylights, delicate columns, and tall windows that looks like something out of Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast." It also has free computers and free Wi-Fi. As a visitor, you’re not allowed to borrow books, but you can pay for photocopies or printouts. You’ll also need an appointment if you want to see rare items.
