Theater Hall, Cafe, Internet Cafe, meeting place extraordinaire! Right on the Leidseplein – where it’s happening at night in Amsterdam with a hundred restaurants, nightclubs, bars and coffeeshops within a block or two – and of course the Melkweg and Paradiso are right nearby as well.
Phone: 020-624-2311
The Rembrandthuis Museum is where the famous painter established his own studios here in Amsterdam, and lived with his family from 1639 to 1658.
He eventually left after declaring bankruptcy, and the home has been restored with approximations of it’s original furnishings based on an inventory of his possessions from that time.
Most of the building is devoted to his daily life from the time, and is of course, filled with paintings and art.
Part two of the museum is the new museum wing, where you will find exhibition rooms. The museum shop, the entrance to the museum café, the auditorium and the Rembrandt Information Centre are also located in the new wing.
On the fifth floor is the Rembrandt Information Center, where you can research on DC-rom, in books and other publications. By appointment only.
Follow along as Rick Steves visits the world-renowned Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Visit the ancient and beautiful Oude Kerk in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. Enjoy a Bach organ concerto as performed by Ludger Lohmann.
This short video is a teaser showing off the many diverse museums that are in Amsterdam.
Don’t miss the coolest thing ever for a playground – musical tiles, also called ‘Dance Chimes’. Designed by Alfons Van Leggelo. And this is just one example of what you can do with them! Very impressive!
THE STOMPSTONE SONG
Private Art Tours with Drs. Kees Kaldenbach
I am an academic tour guide, providing guided tailor-made Private Art Tours. I travel with my clients either by car or by public transport. With this message I would like to inform you about my travel and guide options in The Netherlands, also available in the upcoming Rembrandt year 2006.
I prefer to guide small and select groups to museum visits and to walks in historic Dutch towns.
Numerous TV and other media networks – among which BBC2 – have sought my expert assistance and TV appearance. Having an academic background, my presentation is very communicative and therefore open for a wide audience.
For the Dutch National Tourist Board I often take foreign journalists on walking tours of Amsterdam – to tell them about historic Amsterdam but also about present-day Amsterdam.
Contact:
Private Art Tours
Drs. Kees Kaldenbach
Haarlemmermeerstraat 83 hs
1058 JS Amsterdam
tel NL+20 – 669 8119
cell NL+6 – 2868 9775
https://www.xs4all.nl/~kalden/verm/Vermeer_lecturesENG.html
https://www.xs4all.nl/~kalden/verm/VanGogh_lecturesENG.html
https://www.xs4all.nl/~kalden/verm/rembr_lecturesENG.html
Hip Profile: Lee Bridges,
The Cannabis Poet
by Skip Stone
No one believes Amsterdam
Will ever stop swinging when
So much real freedom is truly
Felt, especially in the smoking
Coffeeshops where tensions and
Hostilities melt and
WWWHHHOOOoooeee!
What a beautiful scene
 The Night Watch, 1642 |
 The Syndics of the Clothmaker’s Guild (The Staalmeesters) 1662 |
 Rembrandt’s Eyes by Simon Schama |
Perhaps the greatest of the Dutch Masters, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is justly remembered for his innovative work and for his marketing savvy (a true Dutchman). He was a master of etching and chiaroscuro (light and shadow). Unlike most artists, Rembrandt was very successful during his lifetime, having a bevy of patrons amongst the wealthy burghers of Amsterdam. His house is a popular tourist attraction. His famous huge painting, “The Night Watch”, hangs in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. |
 The Milkmaid, 1658-60 |
 View of Delft, c. 1660-61 |
 Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1665 |
| Not nearly as prolific as Rembrandt, Vermeer’s 35 known paintings are scattered around the world. His relatively small paintings depict everyday people going about their business in indoor settings. |  Vermeer : The Complete Works by Arthur K., Jr Wheelock |