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“The Night Watch Lives”: Amsterdam Puts the Microbes on Rembrandt’s Masterpiece on Show

11. November 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie
Bright comic of a smiling microbiologist in glasses and two happy children with clear faces facing the viewer beside glowing Petri dishes in front of a large militia group painting

Rijksmuseum and Amsterdam’s microbe museum Artis-Micropia present the bacteria living on Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” – including one usually found at a Japanese sugar refinery. Open from 11 November.

Categories Museums & Institutions Tags Amsterdam, art and science, Artis-Micropia, Operation Night Watch, Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum, The Night Watch

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