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Annual Museum Night celebrated in Dutch capital

STORY: Annual Museum Night celebrated in Dutch capital SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 4, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Amsterdam CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Museum Night in Amsterdam STORYLINE: The annual Museum Night was held on Saturday night in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, offering art and culture enthusiasts a unique and immersive experience. Museum Night, also known as "Museumnacht" in Dutch, takes place at the beginning of November. The event allows visitors to explore Amsterdam's museums and cultural institutions in a completely different light - after dark. One of the most exciting aspects of Museum Night is the diversity of participating venues. Renowned institutions like the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum opened their doors for special access after hours. But it was not just about the big names. Smaller and lesser-known museums and galleries also took part, making it an excellent opportunity to discover hidden gems and emerging arti

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Dutch Rijksmuseum holds largest-ever Vermeer exhibition

STORY: Dutch Rijksmuseum holds largest-ever Vermeer exhibition DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Amsterdam CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Amsterdam with the poster of Vermeer exhibition 2. various of the Vermeer exhibition STORYLINE: A retrospective exhibition of 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer is held at the Rijksmuseum, the national museum of the Netherlands, for the first time in its history. Speaking at a press preview event on Tuesday, Taco Dibbits, Director of the Rijksmuseum, hailed Vermeer as "one of the most famous painters in the Netherlands, along with Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Mondrian." He said, "with this exhibition, we can introduce a new generation to Vermeer's painting at the highest level and present the results of the latest research." With loans from museums around the world, including those from the United States, Ireland and Germany, it is expected to be the largest Vermeer exhibition of all time. Vermeer's masterpieces, including the world-famo

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Amsterdam's cultural attractions come to life after sunset

STORY: Amsterdam's cultural attractions come to life after sunset DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:20 LOCATION: Amsterdam CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of cultural activities at the Van Gogh Museum STORYLINE: More than 60 cultural institutions in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam reopened their doors on Saturday evening to celebrate the 22nd edition of Amsterdam Museum Night. During the annual event where Amsterdam's cultural attractions come to life after sunset, people can experience Amsterdam's museums in a whole new light. One wristband grants entry until 2 a.m. local time to dozens of museums, where all exhibits are open as usual, with the added attraction of live music, food and drink, and special events. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Amsterdam. (XHTV)

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HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NETHERLANDS

Parked bicycles outside of the GGD Paviljoen Amsterdam testing facility. People wait in line out to be tested outside of a GGD Covid-19 testing center facility, GGD is the Municipal Public Health Service in Amsterdam Zuid. The Netherlands was the first European nation that declared a lockdown to fight the new Omicron variant during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic just before Christmas with bars, gyms, hairdressers and all the "non-essential" shops, museums, public venues etc closed until at least January 14. Amsterdam, the Netherlands on January 5, 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto) (Credit:Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapersｴ Guild, `The Syndicsｴ, painting

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, souvenirs shop

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, bicyclists

Bicyclists pass through an underpass of the Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, bicyclists

Bicyclists pass through an underpass of the Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, bicyclist

Bicyclist passes the Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, Euridice ship model

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, bicyclists

Bicyclists pass the Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, Euridice ship model

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, Self-portrait as the Apostle Paul painting

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum where a billboard reads All Rembrandts to draw attention to an exhibition of the all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)

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Netherlands, All Rembrandts, Rijksmuseum, The Night Watch painting

The All Rembrandts exhibition of all the Rijksmuseum's Rembrandts in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday, April 5, 2019. To mark the 350th anniversary of the Dutch master's death, museums across the Netherlands have declared 2019 Rembrandt and the Golden Age Year and are staging a string of exhibitions to highlight their collections. (CTK Photo/ Libor Sojka)