• Book a start time before you go, even for free kids' tickets and Museumkaart holders, since every visitor needs one
• Strollers welcome, backpack carriers not, so leave carriers at the free staffed cloakroom or borrow a buggy free of charge
• Picnic area on weekends for food you bring, plus a kids' menu and kids boxes at The Café

The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands, set in a castle-like building on Museumplein. Its 8,000 objects run from Rembrandt's Night Watch and Vermeer's Milkmaid to an airplane, dollhouses, hundreds of weapons and ship models.

Kids can pick up a Family Route booklet at the info desk or follow the Family Quest through the galleries, and on weekends there's a picnic area for packed lunches.