📜 The Cuypers Library is the largest and oldest art history library in the Netherlands.
🔍 Located within Amsterdam’s famous Rijksmuseum.

Why Go

📚 Explore thousands of art history books, journals, periodicals, and catalogues.
✨ Aesthetically astounding 19th-century reading room with spiral staircase and natural light.
📖 Open to visitors, students, and art historians for research.
🖼️ Delve deeper into the Rijksmuseum collection.

Why Avoid

🤫 Visitors reminded to maintain silence with a Dutch text "Thou hast two eyes and one mouth".
🚶 Many tourists flow through the museum but few trickle into the reading room, suggesting it might be overlooked.

Tips balcony (room 2.16) during a museum visit without reservation.

📱 iPads and free WiFi available.

Hours

🕒 Daily, check Rijksmuseum website for specific hours.