The PhilipsWing, which has remained open throughout the renovations, showing a small selection from the museum's Golden Age collection, including The Night Watch, will stay open until the grand opening on 13 April.
During the decade-long closure of the Cuypers building, the museum continued to show a portion of its holdings in the modern Philipswing, giving the curators a chance to experiment with mixed methods of presentation and to learn what works and what doesn't.
In the Philipswing for instance, Gerrit Berckheyde's "The 'Golden Bend' in the Herengracht" (1671-72), a shimmering, timeless image of one of Amsterdam's principal canals and a recent acquisition, was tastelessly used as a prop in a didactic display on the history of Dutch urban development.