29 October, 2015

Some museums and historic houses

The National Maritime Museum. Nice and quiet, and full of navigational, cartographical and scientifical things that were just too complicated for our aging minds.
































The Rembrandt House Museum, where the great man lived from 1639 to 1656, or maybe 1658. Suddenly, we're thinking Study Abroad ...


A lot of those imperishable images, made right here

A work space for his students

Hey, Sarah!


























































We should pause to note that Mum found a postcard in the gift shop that she really liked, and bought a copy for all her running friends. Type the words "Rembrandt," "woman," "making" and "water" into your search engine.


We went to the Oude Kerk, a beautiful old pile that is also more than a little melancholy. Does any church go on in this old church anymore?

Went to a lot of trouble to get this shot!













































Here's a double hidden, double treasure: Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder, or Our Lady in the Attic. Catholic observance was forbidden from the Protestant overthrow until the late 19th century. So, clandestine worship.

Outside:






















Inside:






















The woman in the Adidas outfit:


















That's our hotel, way over there!