#1163 Cuypers Library

The Cuypers Library is a research library in Amsterdam’s famous Rijks museum. It is the oldest and largest of its kind in the country and aesthetically astounding. However, despite the streams of tourists that flow through the museum, far too ___ seem to trickle into its remarkable reading room. The 19th-century library, which has recently been ___ , has been collecting content since 1885. Its ___ are stocked with manuscripts bound to entice any art history lover. While browsing its extensive collection, you’ll come across books, journals, and periodicals, as well as catalogues about art auctions, exhibitions, trades, and collections. Following its renovations, the museum opened the library’s reading room to visitors. Tourists, students, and art historians alike are welcome to delve into its rich collection. Tables on the ground floor allow people to hunker down with their research materials, surrounded by the library’s aesthetically astounding walls of books.