July
18, 2014
Today is a really hot day. I went to
the Van Gogh Museum and Diamond Museum. Because of the weather made me feel
uncomfortable, I decided to back to hostel early.
I think the Van Gogh Museum is more
interesting than the Diamond Museum. The Van Gogh Museum opened on 3 June 1973.
It is an art
museum that dedicated to the works of Van Gogh and his contemporaries. It has the largest Van Gogh collection in the world. It comprises 200 paintings, 400 drawings, and 700 letters
by Vincent van Gogh. The main exhibition chronicles the various phases of Van
Gogh's artistic life. The museum also features
notable art works by Van Gogh's contemporaries in the Impressionist and post-Impressionist
movements and holds extensive exhibitions on various subjects from 19th Century
art history.
The Diamond museum was founded in 2007 by
Ben Meier of Coster Diamonds. The permanent collection consists of diamond
jewelry and gives background information about diamonds.
At night, we joined a canal tour. It is
really beautiful. It made me feel that it is another city I visit. So many
people just have a seat around the river. They were drinking beers, talking to
people, and enjoying the freedom the city gave to them. Actually this life is
what I want to have. Not so many pressures from life. I love this city.
