Big History Route

Visit 18 works of this collection in the Rijksmuseum

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Big History in the museum

  • Map of the Iberian Peninsula

    Map of the Iberian Peninsula, Augustin Hirschvogel (attributed to), c. 1553

    Room 2.3

  • Globe cup

    Globe cup, Christoph Ritter (III), c. 1640

    Room 2.3

  • Fishing for Souls

    Fishing for Souls, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1614

    Room 2.5

  • Dice glass

    Dice glass, anonymous, c. 1580 - c. 1590

    Room 2.12

  • Terrestrial globe

    Terrestrial globe, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1645 - 1648

    Room 2.15

  • A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’

    A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, c. 1680

    Room 2.22

  • Square Man

    Square Man, Karel Appel, 1951

    Room 3.3

  • The Banjarmasin Diamond

    The Banjarmasin Diamond, anonymous, c. 1875

    Room 1.17

  • Rose branch made of iron from the gunboat of Jan van Speijk

    Rose branch made of iron from the gunboat of Jan van Speijk, anonymous, after 1831 - after 1832

    Room 1.14

  • Vuurwerk

    Vuurwerk, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1830

    Room 0.9

  • Cassowary egg from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw

    Cassowary egg from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship Witte Leeuw, , before 1613

    Room 0.11

  • Powder tester

    Powder tester, anonymous, c. 1775 - c. 1800

    Room 0.12

  • Pocket Compass

    Pocket Compass, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1858

    Room 0.13

  • Sounding machine

    Sounding machine, Edward Massey, 1810

    Room 0.13

  • Sample of armour plating

    Sample of armour plating, Charles Camell & Co. Ltd Cyclop-Steel and Iron-Works, c. 1868

    Room 0.13

  • Prayer Nut with Original Case and Pouch

    Prayer Nut with Original Case and Pouch, Adam Dircksz (workshop of), c. 1500 - in or before 1531

    Room 0.1

  • Drinking horn from the Amsterdam Company of Arquebusiers

    Drinking horn from the Amsterdam Company of Arquebusiers, Arent Cornelisz Coster (attributed to), 1547

    Room 0.4

  • Temple guardian

    Temple guardian, anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400

    Room 2

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