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At Home in the 17th Century
17 Oct, 2025 - 11 Jan, 2026
What was life really like in the 17th century? That鈥檚 the museum鈥檚 most-asked question. Now, the time has come to find out. At Home in the 17th Century offers an up-close experience of daily life 400 years ago. Immerse yourself in a full day of the 17th century as you walk among the nine diorama-style displays that make up this exhibition 鈥� packed with personal stories and unique objects.
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What was life really like in the 17th century? That鈥檚 the museum鈥檚 most-asked question. Now, the time has come to find out. At Home in the 17th Century offers an up-close experience of daily life 400 years ago. Immerse yourself in a full day of the 17th century as you walk among the nine diorama-style displays that make up this exhibition 鈥� packed with personal stories and unique objects.
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Sunday - Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Museumstraat 1 Amsterdam, Netherlands 1071
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The exhibition At Home in the 17th Century at the Rijksmuseum seems like a humble enterprise on one level. It may once have been considered rather a stoop for the national museum, but this exhibition on domestic interiors is curatorially ambitious on quite a few levels.
That At Home in the 17th Century is an atypical exhibition for the Rijksmuseum is clear from the very start.
The Rijksmuseum lifts the curtain on the real lives behind the serene interiors of De Hooch and Vermeer.
