what is the largest art museum in amsterdam
Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague in 1800 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis.[2] The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1885.[3] On 13 April 2013, after a ten-year renovation which cost â‚¬ 375 million, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix.[12][13][14] In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands with record numbers of 2.2 million and 2.47 million visitors.[6][15] It is also the largest art museum in the country.