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Type
  
Biographical museum

Director
  
Michael Huijser

Phone
  
+31 20 520 0400

Visitors
  
237,383 (2014)

Province
  
North Holland

Founded
  
10 June 1911

Rembrandt House Museum

Established
  
10 June 1911 (1911-06-10)

Location
  
Jodenbreestraat 4 Amsterdam, Netherlands

Collections
  
Pre-Rembrandtists Rembrandt's etchings

Address
  
Jodenbreestraat 4, 1011 NK Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–6PMMonday10AM–6PMTuesday10AM–6PMWednesday10AM–6PMThursday10AM–6PMFriday10AM–6PMSaturday10AM–6PMSunday10AM–6PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Jordaan, Rembrandtplein, Vondelpark, Museumplein, Natura Artis Magi

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The Rembrandt House Museum (Dutch: Museum Het Rembrandthuis) is a historic house and art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Painter Rembrandt lived and worked in the house between 1639 and 1656. The 17th-century interior has been reconstructed. The collection contains Rembrandt's etchings and paintings of his contemporaries. The museum had 237,383 visitors in 2014.

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Rembrandt house museum amsterdam holland


Rembrandt's house

The house is located in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam, where Rembrandt lived and painted for a number of years, not far from the present-day city hall.

Rembrandt purchased the house in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in 1656, when all his belongings went on auction. The auction list enabled the reconstructions of all his belongings which are also on display in the house.

Interior and collection

A few years ago the house was thoroughly reconstructed on the inside to show how the house would have looked in Rembrandt's days. Adjoining (and linked to) the house is a modern building where work of Rembrandt is on display, mainly etchings and also a part of his collection of objects from all over the world.

Administration

Michael Huijser is the museum director and David de Witt is the curator.

Since 2008, the museum had around 200,000 visitors per year, with a record number of 237,383 visitors in 2014.

References

Rembrandt House Museum Wikipedia