Previously I posted a photo of 'The Night Watch' by Vermeer which was made with Delft blue tiles.
We visited the Rijksmuseum along with many visitors from around the world.
Flash camera's and back packs are forbidden due to the current security situation.
It exhibits the original 'Nightwatch' painting by Vermeer, (photo) Van Gogh and many Dutch masters.
The painting depicting Adam and Eve is called 'Defeat of Man' drew many admiring glances.
Being a museum it also houses many other artefacts ranging from a German POW uniform to an aeroplane.
An ancient globe shows what detail was available to the ancient sailors.
Also exhibited was an oblong piece of magnetically sensitive stone, this was kept in a box away from other metals, when used it was hung by a piece of cord and depicted magnetic North, the 'Lodestone' was the precursor of the modern compass.
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