Rijksmuseum Tour: Dutch Golden Age Art

Explore Dutch masterpieces at the Rijksmuseum with a private guide. Discover Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Gogh. Immerse in art and culture.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Rijksmuseum - Your guide will be there to welcome you and enter the museum with you to begin the tour. Throughout the guided exploration, they’ll provide insights into the artworks and the museum’s history. After the tour ends, you’re free to explore the museum independently. Whether you’re browsing exhibits, shopping for souvenirs, or enjoying…
What's Included
  • Museum Ticket
  • Access to the Café and the Shop in the Museum
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Expert Guide
  • Garderobe
Additional Information

Uncover the treasures and embark on an adventure through the Dutch Golden Age, delving into masterpieces by renowned artists like Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, and many others. Upon reaching the museum, a private guide will escort you inside. During the tour, the guide will point out significant stops, such as the library, where you can admire…

Location
Rijksmuseum
Museumstraat
Our guided tour will end inside the museum. After the tour, clients are welcome to explore the museum at their leisure, shop for souvenirs at the museum shop, or relax and enjoy food and drinks at the museum café.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Run2sea
Jul 26, 2025
Excellent Rijksmuseum tour - Our family of three adults greatly enjoyed our private tour of the Rijksmuseum with Max. This was our first visit to the museum and he provided a brief historical overview of the Dutch Golden Age and then proceeded to lead us through viewing of the architecture of the museum, selected paintings by Dutch Masters with historical context and highlighting key details and discussing how pivotal paintings reflected the first use of specific techniques that later became widespread. He highlighted the Nights Watch renovation project and described in detail elements of this painting. We viewed the Cuypers Library, Delft ceramics collection, and the intricate doll houses. While this was perfect introduction to the museum for us, Max indicated that he is happy to configure tours to specific interests. Meetup was easy and on time at the specified location and the tour includes tickets and enabled us to skip entry lines. We had elected for the 90 minute tour in the afternoon since we were flying in that same day and he was happy to take more time with us to allow a brief refreshment break in the cafe, recognizing that we were bit tired! We were able to leave our small bags with the bag check desk in the museum. We had the option to continue exploring the museum after the tour. In summary, this was an outstanding survey tour that gave us an excellent introduction to this remarkable museum in a short period of time.
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Allison
Jul 24, 2025
When you only have a few hours…. - Max was a great guide-spending a gull 3 hrs with us and showing us key highlights as well as explaining how museum was built. He was very engaging and knowledgeable.
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Nadia_j
Jul 13, 2025
Excellent Guide and Fabulous Experience - Private tour of the Rijksmuseum was a fantastic way to learn about the architect of the museum, some Amsterdam and Dutch history and receive an overview of the major pieces in the museum. As we were visiting for only 4 days, we knew we could not spend more than a couple of hours at the museum and our guide Max taught and showed us a great deal in a short time. His knowledge was deep of the history and context of the museum and the pieces he highlighted. He anptly answered all of our questions and even extended our tour to share a few additional pieces he thought we would enjoy (we did!). Max was excellent and the tour was a great way to see the Rijksmuseum!
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Jonathan
Jul 9, 2025
Max was wonderful. - Max was a wonderful guide. He set a comfortable pace as he shared his insights on the architecture and art within the Rijksmuseum.
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Colin
Jun 28, 2025
Some of highlights of Rijks Museum - Henry was very engaging, knowledgeable and entertaining. Thoroughly enjoyable. A great tour and we’d highly recommend him. Thank you
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Hemangi_f
Jun 11, 2025
Highly recommend - Our tour guide was Daan. He was really good. He explained everything so well and he took his time to explain everything and did not rush. We had requested him at the start that we wanted to see the Cuyper's library, so he ensured that we did since it was near closing time. Since it was a private tour, it was really focused and we could really appreciate the works of art as well as Daan answered all our queries too. Highly recommend this tour and hope you get Daan as your tour guide.
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Hemangifernandes
Jun 5, 2025
Awesome experience - Our tour guide was Dan. He was really good. He explained everything so well and he took his time to explain everything and did not rush. We had requested him at the start that we wanted to see the Cuyper's library, so he ensured that we did since it was near closing time. Since it was a private tour, it was really focused and we could really appreciate the works of art as well as Dan answered all our queries too. Highly recommend this tour and hope you get Dan as your tour guide.
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David_w
Jun 4, 2025
Great Experience! - Wow! What a great experience! Our guide, Harry, did a wonderful job of sharing specific details about the exhibits. Thoroughly enjoyed this! Highly recommended!
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2023_60
Jun 2, 2025
Fantastic tour! - Harry did a phenomenal job of sharing specific details during our tour. He made a point of asking questions to engage us. Highly recommended!
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G6648zsjoshuaw
Jun 2, 2025
Great museum tour with knowledgeable guide - Enjoyed our tour with harry as our tour guide. This was my first time doing a tour with a tour guide and having someone provide the history and context of the paintings added a whole new dimension to exploring the museum; would do again
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From $100
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).