THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The landmark Dutch museum that holds some of the most famous paintings by Rembrandt and Vermeer announced Thursday that it is planning a new branch in the southern city of Eindhoven to give more people access to its vast trove of art and artifacts.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam , which has more than a million objects in its collection — many of them securely stored and not accessible to the public — said in a statement that the new museum will be built with support from the Eindhoven municipality and Dutch semiconductor chip machine maker ASML, that is based in nearby Veldhoven.

The national museum, that is home to works including Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn's “Nightwatch” painting, “is always seeking new ways to share the collection with people across

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