Holy Curator’s Dream, Batman!

If you like history and costume and paintings (oh my) stop reading this and go play at the Rijksmuseum.

Hot tip: search for “jak” or “japon” if you’re looking for jackets and dresses.

The zoom feature is amazing, and the collections are clearly drop-dead awesome. Only a tiny fraction are digitized, but what has been is astonishing. Look at that jacket! It’s dated 1810-1820, but earlier fabric.

There’s another one, earlier, and less visually striking but still lovely.

What are you still doing here? Go visit!