Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum reopens after a decade – in pictures

The spectacular atrium Photograph: Pedro Pegenaute/Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum's Great Hall. Architects Cruz and Ortiz have returned the building to some of its original splendour, with terrazzo floors and frescoed walls Photograph: Jannes Linders/Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

The exterior of the museum, designed by Pierre Cuypers in 1885 Photograph: John Lewis Marshall/Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

A view of the Gallery of Honour. The entire Rijksmuseum collection has been reordered in a chronological sweep Photograph: Iwan Baan/Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

The only painting that remains in its former position is Rembrandt's The Night Watch Photograph: Iwan Baan/Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

The Gallery of Honour celebrates the Dutch Golden Age of Vermeer and De Hooch Photograph: Koen Van Weel/EPA

Woman in Blue Reading a Letter by Johannes Vermeer, 1663 Photograph: Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

Self Portrait by Vincent van Gogh, 1887 Photograph: Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

Winter Landscape with Skaters by Hendrick Avercamp, 1608 Photograph: Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

Still Life with Flowers by Hans Bollongier, 1639 Photograph: Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

A 1698 model of the Dutch warship William Rex Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Girl with a Large Hat by Caesar Boëtius van Everdingen, 1645–50 Photograph: Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

The Jewish Bride by Rembrandt, 1665 Photograph: Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

The Syndics of the Amsterdam Drapers' Guild by Rembrandt, 1662 Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

The Rijksmuseum's Cuypers' Library Photograph: Iwan Baan/Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

The 18th-century gallery Photograph: Iwan Baan/Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

Frits Koolhoven, FK 23 Bantam, 1917. This Dutch bomber sits alongside Mondrian works in the 1900-1950 gallery, an ode to the age of the machine Photograph: Frans Pegt/Courtesy of Rijksmuseum

Symmetry and splendour reign in all the renovated galleries Photograph: Koen Van Weel/AFP/Getty Images