{"id":87585,"date":"2026-07-28T17:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=87585"},"modified":"2026-07-29T00:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:52:42","slug":"rijksmuseum-sculpture-garden-metamorphoses-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/rijksmuseum-beeldentuin-tentoonstelling-metamorphoses\/","title":{"rendered":"Rijksmuseum: Skip the Hall of Fame and enjoy the peace and quiet of the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the lines to see *The Night Watch* inside the Rijksmuseum are often long, the garden offers a welcome moment of tranquility. This season, you can visit the retrospective of Carel Visser, a sculptor whose work is beautifully showcased outdoors. It\u2019s an accessible way to explore the collection, as the garden is open to everyone. Those who prefer to visit the indoor spaces can currently see the exhibition \u201cEd van der Elsken: Up Close,\u201d an intimate look at the work of the famous photographer.<\/h2>\n

The \"Metamorphoses\" exhibition is another highlight on the calendar. Between February 6 and May 25, 2026, eighty captivating masterpieces from around the world will be on display in the museum\u2019s galleries. These works are rooted in stories from antiquity, brimming with passion and longing. Artists such as Titian, Caravaggio, Rubens, Rodin, and Magritte present their visions of these timeless themes here. It is a collection that brings diverse emotions\u2014such as jealousy, cunning, and deceit\u2014to life for visitors.<\/p>\n

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Sculptor Carel Visser will be featured in his own retrospective in 2026 in the renovated museum garden, which is open to the public free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The building itself is a story in its own right. Designed by Pierre Cuypers, the architect who also designed Central Station, this 1885 building is a historic monument with a rich past. Since its renovation, the atrium has become a bright, open space where Portuguese stone floors and a glass roof create a spacious atmosphere. Upstairs, you\u2019ll find the library, known for its unique spiral staircase, which has been a defining feature of the collection since the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n

In addition to its rotating exhibitions, the museum houses more than 8,000 objects in eighty galleries. Although most visitors head straight for Rembrandt\u2019s *The Night Watch* or Vermeer\u2019s *The Milkmaid*, it\u2019s worth exploring the smaller galleries as well. In the Asian Pavilion, for example, you\u2019ll find an impressive collection of Buddhist sculpture and ceramics. Whether you come for the classics or for the contemporary contributions of artists like Visser and Van der Elsken, the museum remains a place where art history meets modern curation. The garden serves as the ideal spot to take a moment of respite between viewing the great masterpieces. Sculptor Carel Visser will be featured in his own retrospective in the renovated museum garden in 2026, which will be open to the public free of charge. It is this combination of iconic paintings and contemporary exhibitions that makes every visit to the building on Museumstraat a unique experience.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Skip the crowded Hall of Fame this spring and seek out some peace and quiet in the Rijksmuseum\u2019s garden. There, Carel Visser\u2019s free sculpture exhibition takes center stage. In addition to this outdoor program, the exhibition *Metamorphoses* brings together eighty international masterpieces inspired by Ovid\u2019s classical tales.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":87588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Rijksmuseum","rank_math_title":"Rijksmuseum | Beeldentuin en Metamorphoses tentoonstelling","rank_math_description":"Het Rijksmuseum presenteert de beeldentuin van Carel Visser en de tentoonstelling Metamorphoses met meesterwerken van Titiaan en Caravaggio."},"categories":[19],"tags":[10924],"district":[14],"class_list":["post-87585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","tag-musea-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-zuid"],"acf":{"slider":[87589],"fotograaf":"Copijn \u00b7 Google \u00b7 www.copijn.nl","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Bezoek dit voorjaar gratis het retrospectief van beeldhouwer Carel Visser buiten in het groen.","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"start_datum":null,"eind_datum":null,"cord_A":"4.8852188","cord_B":"52.3599976","introductie_tekst":"Sla de drukke Eregalerij dit voorjaar eens over en zoek de rust op in de tuin van het Rijksmuseum. Daar staat de gratis beeldententoonstelling van Carel Visser centraal. Naast dit buitenprogramma brengt de tentoonstelling Metamorphoses tachtig internationale meesterwerken samen die zijn ge\u00efnspireerd op de klassieke verhalen van Ovidius.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Rijksmuseum","adres":"Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.rijksmuseum.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87591,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87585\/revisions\/87591"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87585"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=87585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}