Private company

Rijksmuseum

National museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Rijksmuseum (Dutch: [ˈrɛiksmyˌzeːjʏm] ) is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history, located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Royal Concertgebouw. The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague on 19 November 1798 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1800Founded1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Leadership

Who has led Rijksmuseum, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Anthony Ruys2004–2012
  2. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer2012–now
197019801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (2)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Divisions

  • Rijksmuseum Photo-Commissie

Also owns

  • Mountainous landscape with waterfall
  • Portrait of Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek, Natural Philosopher and Zoologist in Delft
  • Portrait of Paulus Verschuur, Served seven terms as Burgomaster of Rotterdam and also Director of the Rotterdam Chamber of the East India Company, elected 1651
  • Portrait of a Man with a Red Beard
  • Rijksmuseum online collection
  • The Night Watch
  • The Resurrection of Christ
  • The Town Hall on the Dam in Amsterdam
  • The Virgin Crowned by the Infant Christ
  • The donors Korsgen Elbertzen, his sons Dirck and Albert on left half, with female donors on the right
  • The lute player
  • Two Women's Heads
  • View of Haarlem from the Northwest, with the Bleaching Fields in the Foreground
  • Woman with a Child in a Pantry
  • Young Mercury Stealing Cattle from Apollo's Herd

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded National Art Gallery of the Netherlands1
  2. Succeeded Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst1
  3. Succeeded collection Adriaan van der Hoop1

Timeline

  1. 2013Renamed Name changed to Rijksmuseum1
  2. 1828Renamed Name changed to 's Rijks Museum van Schilderijen1
  3. 1815Renamed Name changed to ’s Rijks Museum van Schilderijen en Penningen1
  4. 1810Renamed Name changed to Hollands Museum1
  5. 1806Renamed Name changed to Koninklijk Museum1
  6. 1800Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2