The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, closed in September 1998, reopened on June 24, 1999 after extensive modernisation works. When the museum opened in 1973 it was estimated that it would receive 60,000 visitors a year. In 1997, almost 25 years later, the number had risen to 1 million. An extension to the museum became a necessity, and a generous gift from the Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Ltd. has made it possible to go ahead with the building of a new exhibition wing.
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