Herigage Leiden has produced Virtual Reality reconstructions of Rembrandt's birthplace and the Rapenburg around 1700, based on research of the actual buildings, visual material like old prints and pas and archival information. Every brick, pantile, window frame and door has been drawn in great detail to give as realistic and historically accurate a picture as possible.
You can see the Rapenburg in 3D: the old observatory, the original gate to the Academy from 1623 and the revolutionary architecture by Roman. Just click on one of the panorama images. If you want to use VR glasses, follow the instructions below.
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Step 1: click on the picture and open the YouTube app |
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Step 2: put quality on 1080p and wait 20 seconds |
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Step 3: put in Cardboard mode |
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Step 4: place your mobile in the VR glasses |
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Step 5: take a 360° look around you |
360° Panorama - the Rapenburg anno 1700 (1/2)
360° Panorama - the Rapenburg anno 1700 (2/2)
Curious to see what the Academy looks like on the inside nowadays? Go further...
The 'sweating room'
The garden room of Rapenburg 71
The office of the beadle
Period room Rapenburg 71
Period room Rapenburg 71
Period room Rapenburg 69
Spiral staircase from 1618 in the Academy
De Rectorenkamer in het academiegebouw
The Gown Room in the Academy
Main Auditorium of the Academy
