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Rijksmuseum Twenthe: choose your own Schatkamer

A portrait, a landscape or a piece of silver: Rijksmuseum Twenthe offers different ways into art. The Schatkamers (treasure chambers) give you themes from which you can choose your own route.

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A face as a starting point

With a portrait, you can begin without knowing who is depicted. How is the person positioned, and where does your eye fall first? Then read the explanatory text and notice what it adds to your first impression.

Landscape and bloom

Other Schatkamers focus on landscape and flowers. Compare the way space is built up with a work from the portrait presentation. The same museum visit can therefore call for different kinds of attention, from a distant horizon to a small detail.

Silver close up

The silver collection invites you to look at form and use together. For an object, ask yourself what it had to do, and how the decoration responds to that. Check the current programme if you are coming specifically for one part of the collection.

Before you go

The museum is normally closed on Monday; exceptions and sometimes shorter hours apply around public holidays.

Sources

This information has been compiled from public sources. Not everything has been confirmed by the museum itself; please check opening hours and prices on the museum's website.

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