Transformations of the Rijksmuseum: Between Cuypers and Cruz y Ortiz

‘A New Building inside the Walls of the Old One’ Some 50 years ago, after the renovation of the Rijksmuseum had been completed, managing director Arthur van Schendel triumphantly commented: In the summer of 1962, the Rijksmuseum became the focus of attention when it opened its complex of 30 new galleries and an auditorium with almost 400 seats,...