About

Hidden among the most precious Dutch art, the library is located inside the Rijks museum. This library is the largest and oldest art historical library in the Netherlands. Visitors, students and art historians alike are welcome to use the library to delve deeper into the Rijks museum collection.

If you visit this library around midday on a sunny day, you can see the most beautiful light falling through the windows on the historical books and the beautiful spiral staircase.

Beautiful spiral staircase in the library

Location

You must get entrance ticket to the museum in order to see the library
Don’t miss it while you are in the museum, the entrance is not always obvious

Buy offical tickets

Visiting tips

Cuypers Library is located inside Rijks museum in the museum square in Amsterdam. Rijks museum is located in the south part of the Amsterdam ring. It takes around 30 min walking or 13 min cycling from the central station.