The Rijksmuseum has a mini museum at Schiphol airport. There's a gift shop area on the ground floor, with a pod above it to provide a secure climate controlled area for displaying objects from the museum. The current exhibition is paintings from the golden age of Dutch painting, and portraits of women from the same era. This coincides very well with the period in which much lace was worn, so more than half the portraits and some of the other paintings have lace on clothing. It is sumptuous, layer on layer in some cases, and even the black lace worn over black fabric is painted well enough for the type of lace to be recognisable. Do go take a look if you are in the airport. The museum is always an interesting way to spend some waiting time, but this exhibition is particularly good. http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/tentoonstellingen/schiphol Open 6am to 8pm On the non-Schengen side of passport control, head for gates E The 'Dutch Girls' exhibition runs until 12 December
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