In collaboration with NRC Handelsblad newspaper, the Rijksmuseum is organising the ninth photography exhibition centred on the annual 'Document Nederland' photography assignment. With the title Bare, hidden poverty in the Netherlands is the theme for this year's exhibition.

The Rijksmuseum rounds off Rembrandt's 400th anniversary year with a temporarely presentation of a major work by the artist: his Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet (1657). Since this painting has been part of a private collection in the United Kingdom for over a hundred years and is rarely lent out, it has remained relatively unknown.

As part of the 2006 Rembrandt year celebrations, the Rijksmuseum will be presenting its entire collection of 60 drawings by Rembrandt, in two parts.

The exhibition Rembrandt and the Golden Age; Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum opened in the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, Ohio in the United States. The exhibition was put together by the Rijksmuseum and consists of over 100 paintings and other works of art, including several works by Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Ruysdael and Frans Hals.