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The Rijksmuseum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛi̯ksmyˌzeːjʏm]; English: State Museum) is a Netherlands national museum dedicated to arts and history in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw.
The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague in 1800 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis. The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened its doors in 1885. On 13 April 2013, after a ten-year renovation which cost € 375 million, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix. In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands with record numbers of 2.2 million and 2.45 million visitors.
The museum has on display 8,000 objects of art and history, from their total collection of 1 million objects from the years 1200–2000, among which are some masterpieces by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer. The museum also has a small Asian collection which is on display in the Asian pavilion.
Building
The building of the Rijksmuseum was designed by Pierre Cuypers and opened in 1885. It consists of two squares with an atrium in each centre. In the central axis is a tunnel with the entrances at ground level and the Gallery of Honour at the first floor. The building also contains a library. The fragment building, branded Philips wing, contains building fragments that show the history of architecture in the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum is a rijksmonument (national heritage site) since 1970 and was listed in the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites in 1990. The Asian pavilion was designed by Cruz y Ortiz and opened in 2013.
History
21st century
The atrium after the renovation in 2013
In December 2003, the main building of the museum closed for a major renovation. During this renovation, about 400 objects from the collection were on display in the 'fragment building', including Rembrandt's The Night Watch and other 17th-century masterpieces.
The restoration and renovation of the Rijksmuseum are based on a design by Spanish architects Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz. Many of the old interior decorations were restored and the floors in the courtyards were removed. The renovation would have initially taken five years, but was delayed and eventually took almost ten years to complete. The renovation cost € 375 million.
The reconstruction of the building was completed on 16 July 2012. In March 2013 the museum's main pieces of art were moved back from the 'fragment building' (Philips Wing) to the main building. The Night Watch returned to the Night Watch Room, at the end of the Hall of Fame. On 13 April 2013, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix. On 1 November 2014 the Philips Wing reopened with the exhibition Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century.
According to Muriel Huisman, Project Architect for the Rijksmuseum's renovation, "Cruz y Ortiz always like to look for a synergy between old and new, and we try not to explain things with our architecture.” With the Rijks, “there’s no cut between old and new; we’ve tried to merge it. We did this by looking for materials that were true to the original building, resulting in a kind of silent architecture."
Collection
See also: 120 Paintings from the Rijksmuseum and List of painters in the collection of the Rijksmuseum
The collection of the Rijksmuseum consists of 1 million objects and is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history from the years 1200 to 2000. Around 8000 objects are currently on display in the museum.
The collection contains more than 2,000 paintings from the Dutch Golden Age by notable painters such as Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, Jan Steen, Rembrandt, and Rembrandt's pupils.
The museum also has a small Asian collection which is on display in the Asian pavilion.
It also displays the stern of HMS Royal Charles which was captured in the Raid on the Medway, and the Hartog plate.
In 2012 the museum took the unusual step of making some 125,000 high-resolution images available for download via its Rijksstudio webplatform, with plans to add another 40,000 images per year until the entire collection of one million works is available, according to Taco Dibbits, director of collections.
My current collection of Pentax cameras and lenses.
It took me a total of more than 2 days to take this photo.
I first had to gather all my cameras and lenses from closets, drawers and camera bags.
Immediately tested and cleaned everything.
All cameras work, except for 3 of them where the light meter does not work.
From leftover oak wood I made the stands for the cards and then I wrote all the cards.
Then I made the background and the setup from wooden planks that I had cut earlier today for this.
January 13, 2013
The cup with the feet/shoes is my candy jar :)
Included here are all of my Monster High dolls, my three Novi Stars, and my one Pullip,
*Note: I only have one SDCC Ghoulia. I display the two boxes because they are awesome.
A view taken at Inverness, where Class 47/7 47766 'Resolute' was being used to collect the outgoing Safeway containers from the Dock Branch. The Class 66 train loco that had delivered the intermodal service from Mossend was at the far end of the consist, the Class 47/7 having arrived earlier with the London Euston Sleeper service.
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This was the third of the trio of images the Flickr system would not load yesterday. I gave it another go today and it took 15 attempts before the 'Time Out' block was overcome. No reply from Flickr to my report to them on the problems. That said, based on the language they use in some of their 'quirky' instructions/comments would I understand it? Onward.
Les Rhums peuvent être classés en deux grandes catégories : Les Rhums agricoles et les Rhums de Mélasse dits Rhums traditionnels. Trois grands styles les définissent : Les Rhums de style Français, Les Rhums de style Anglais, Les Rhums de style Espagnol. précisément La Barbade, mais l'amérique latine est certainement l'une des régions où l'ont produit les plus grandes quantités de rhum. Si l'on considère la cachaça, le Brésil sera certainement le plus grand pays producteur !
Comparison of the models made in USA (on the left) and in France (on the right).
Both are for use with the capless (PF1) bulb; and both have a capacitor in the battery compartment for use with a 22.5 Volt battery; the interiors are significantly different. Earlier models from the USA used 2 AA-size batteries . The French version is slightly taller ; it also has a deeper reflector scale .
Finally have a good way to store/display them all! They were just sitting on a foldable card table. They were falling every time someone walked by. Now with my new desk they all are happy :)
These were used as favors at a birthday party for two little girls:) The paint palletes were actually not part of this order...i made them for my daughter who loves to paint. but i thought they looked cute with the collection so i included them in the photo:)
thanks for the order, genevieve!
What's interesting to me is not the fact that this is a beautiful collection of seashells found on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern Florida... but the processing technique I tried on this image. I used Silver Efex Pro (a Photoshop plugin from the Google Nik Collection, which incidentally is free) to render the image in monochrome and then I changed the blending mode of the layer in Photoshop to Luminosity. The results look much sharper and more beautifully saturated.
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The Burnley Bus Company: 2010 (SK70 BWF) an Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 MMC, painted in orange and black Witchway branded livery and captured here on Princess Street passing Manchester Town Hall operating on service X43 to Burnley.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 2nd July 2021.
Ref No. 0042360/CL.
Preston Bus: 114 (J114 KCW) a Leyland bodied Leyland Olympian, painted in blue and cream fleet livery. This vehicle is captured here about to leave Preston Bus Station operating a journey on Service 16 to Farringdon Park.
Christopher Lowe.
Date: 30th March 2005.
Ref No: JL/010652/D.
My shelves with all my HK plushies , i only have small ones and medium size, the kimono HK was a present from a dear friend of mine from school! :D
This is the major part of my Model Muse Collection as of December 2008. About ten dolls were missing as they are still in their boxes.
Photo by Roger Hallett
To read about my mask, check out the article on the rikrak studio
rikrakstudio.blogspot.com/2010/10/collection-of-masks-wit...
Manchester Corporation: 74 (BND 874C) a Park Royal bodied Leyland Tiger Cub new in 1965. Now preserved painted in red and cream fleet livery. This vehicle passed to SELNEC PTE where it was renumbered with fleet number 29. Later being withdrawn and being sold to Scottish Independent operator Dodds of Troon (AA Motors).
It is now preserved in the Manchester Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, and was captured here at Heaton Park attending the 2010 Trans Lancs Rally.
If you would like to find out more about the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester and its collection of vintage buses, go to www.motgm.uk.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 5th September 2010.
Ref No. 0022555/CL.
The three-story north side of Somerset Collection...
Somerset Collection is a massive luxury mall in Troy, Michigan. The mall is a sprawling 1,443,000 square feet and has two sections (north and south). About 90 percent of the tenants in the mall appear to be higher-end, but there are some middle-end stores like just about every other mall has. The mall is currently anchored by Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Crate & Barrel, Nordstrom, and Macy's.
The one anchor store that seems odd here is Macy's. It seems a little low-end for this mall; I wonder why they didn't put a Bloomingdale's here instead. I laughed when someone with a lot of money told me they though of Macy's as a discount store. I can see how Macy's would be considered "discount" after walking around this mall....
In 1967, Saks built a Saks Fifth Avenue store on the property. A single story enclosed luxury mall (Somerset Mall) was built attached to the store in 1969. Bonwit Teller was added as an anchor then. Both Bonwit Teller and Saks Fifth Avenue remodeled plus expanded over the years. In 1990, Bonwit Teller went bankrupt and shuttered all of their stores.
In 1992, the mall was reconstructed as a two-story mall and added Neiman Marcus as an anchor store. Neiman Marcus demolished and rebuilt on the site of Bonwit Teller. The new mall was called Somerset Collection. In 1996, a north side to the mall was built on the other side of Big Beaver Road. This other side of the mall is connected to the south side with a moving sidewalk over the road (skywalk). The three story north expansion brought Nordstom and Hudson's (later Marshall Field's, now Macy's) as anchor stores.
The south side of the mall has 524,700 square feet of space and the north side has 918,300 square feet of space. The mall appeared to have around a 100% occupency rate on my visit. The only stores I noticed not open were under construction to be turned into other stores. A couple retailers have more than one location in the mall, Aveda and Starbucks (full Starbucks locations, not kiosks) both have two locations inside the mall. Also, I noticed brands like Burberry, Gucci, Louis Vuitton had full stores in the mall as well as salespaces in other anchor stores (such as Saks Fifth Avenue).
Forbes Company owns this mall. Forbes also bought the former Kmart Headquarters building across the street to block another developer that wanted to build a new shopping center and swipe some stores from Somerset Collection. Nothing appears to be happing with the old Kmart Headquarters building...
Somerset Collection - Big Beaver Road and Coolidge Highway - Troy, Michigan
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MacroMondays 09/02/24 theme COLLECTION
Part of my coins collection. I love History and things that are kind of obsolete now.
NEW for Gothcore, opening March 24th!
This sumptuous new decor collection is perfect for those who prefer the night!
Midnight Apothecary Chest - Two finishes (shown in antique, also available in pristine), each pack includes black and 3 ombre color versions. Each is 2 LI.
Midnight Wall Decor - Salvaged cathedral windows make a perfect backdrop for your walls! They are modifiable like always, so you can tint the glass to whatever suits your mood or decor! The pack includes both finishes. 1 LI each.
Midnight Decor Set - The decor set includes incense cauldron (touch on/off for smoke), books, and coffin tray (both finishes included). Each piece is 1 LI.
Also shown: Gothic Floor Candles, Decorative Finials.
Copy/Mod/Original mesh.
Introducing the Medieval/fantasy collection at Midnyte Creations. Pay us a visit to see it all in-world!
Matchbox - Farm Collection
* Class Combine Harvester (1967)
* Blue: Ford Tractor (1967) & Hay Trailer (1967)
* Green: John Deere-Lanz Tractor (1964) & John Deere Tipping Trailer (1964)
* Combine Harvester (1978) & Stake Truck (1967)
Stagecoach Manchester: 13168 (BN61 MWO) a Wright Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B5LH Hybrid, painted in Bee Network yellow livery and allocated to Oldham Garage. It is captured here on Oldham Street in Manchester City Centre before operating on service 81 to Oldham.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 28th January 2025.
Ref No: 0045588/CL.