380 Route 43. AMSTERDAM. Ryks Museum:

painting (designed by G. Sturm), in the pediment and on the towers,
symbolize the Dutch towns and provinces. — The Museum is almost
exclusively devoted to the illustration of Dutch art and life. Ad-
mission, see p. 367. — The general director (‘Hoofd-Directeur’) is
Baron B. W. F. van Riemsdyk.

CataLocugs. Illustrated Catalogue of the Pictures in English (1905 ;

with appendices down to 1908; 1 fr. 20c.) or in Duich (1909; 1 fl.). There
are also catalogues (in Dutch only) of the Furniture (1907; 50 c.), the
Sculptures (4{04; 20 c), the Gold & Silver Work (1902; 20 c.), and the
Textile Collection (4903; 25 c.), besides a general guide io the entire
museum (1910; 50 c.). These are all for sale at the entrance and in the
anteroom of the first floor, where also phot graphs of the more important
pictures may be purchased.

On the groundfloor of the W. wing is a Restaurant, which closes I, hr.
after the Museum. Entrances from the Cabinet of Engravings (p. 385) and

from Room No. 265 of the picture-gallery, as well as from the street.
Grounp FLoor.

In the Eastern Hany or-THE Grounp Fuoor, to the left of the
archway, is the DurcH Mussxum (Nederlandsch Museum voor Ge-
schiedenis en Kunst), which presents an interesting survey of in-
dustrial art in the Netherlands from the time of Charlemagne to the
beginning of the 19th century (director, Mr. A. Pit). We enter by
the E. main entrance (comp. the ground-plan). The Hall (sticks
and umbrellas given up, to the left) is adorned with a group of
David and Goliath (417th cent.). To the right is the staircase to
the collection of ancient paintings (p. 387); to the left, the entrance
to the Domestic Interiors (p. 384). We, however, proceed in a
straight direction and descend a flight of steps to the —

Military, Naval, and Colonial Collections, in the East Court,
which is covered with a glass roof. On the N. side, with which
visitors must begin on Sun. and holidays, is a collection of weapons
and uniforms, continued on the E. side: Fortress-guns of the 47-
18th cent.; halberds; small banners of the Dutch provinces in the
17th cent., with coats-of-arms painted on silk; military and sport-
ing pieces; mail-shirts of the 15th cent.; helmets, armour; models
of guns; uniforms belonging to King William III. and his sons;
uniforms, weapons, and equipments of the Dutch army. Above
are captured English and Spanish naval flags. On the E. side, to
the right, Room from the house built for himself by the architect
Jacob van Campen (p. 369) at Amersfoort; within is a model of
the Royal Palace (p. 372). Adjacent is aroom from Hindeloopen
(p. 415).

The Naval Collection occupies the S. and W. sides. Models of
dry-docks, windlasses, etc. On the wall to the right, portraits of
presidents of the Dutch Hast India Company (p. 368); to the left,
pictures of the Company’s factories (47th cent.); torpedo; relief of
the dockyard at Hellevoetsluis; old firearms from Lombok (comp.
p. 383); costly cannon presented to the Dutch Government by a

Javanese prince (1745); several small field-pieces (17th cent.).