Click on image for more information ACADEMIC HISTORICAL MUSEUM Rapenburg 73 2311 GJ LEIDEN tel 071 527 7242 This museum’s vast collection is housed in the Academy Building and comprises objects, photographs and documents on the history of the university and student life. Leiden University and the Academy Building go back a long way:…
Click on image for more information Museum De Lakenhal Oude Singel 32 2312 RA Leiden +31 (0)71 5165360 Housed in a wonderful building on the Oude Singel canal the museum houses a outstanding collection of large altar triptychs. Sadly closed at the moment.
Click on image for more information. Photo by and © Michael Hasted PRINSENHOF MUSEUM Sint Agathaplein 12611 HR Delft(015) 260 23 58 The Prinsenhof is typical of many older museums in the Netherlands in that the building itself is worth seeing in its own right. It has the distinction of having been not only the…
During the early 1980s, an enormous quantity of pottery fragments was unearthed at the imperial kiln sites in the city of Jingdezhen. This archaeological discovery stunned the ceramic world: it was the earliest Ming-porcelain manufactured especially for the Chinese emperors.
Royal Delft is the last remaining earthenware factory from the 17th century. Here the renowned Delft Blue is still entirely hand painted according to centuries-old tradition.
Click on image for more information and a full programme of events HISTORICAL MUSEUM Korte Vijverberg 7 2513 AB Den Haag Tel. 070 364 69 40 The Hague Historical Museum (Haags Historisch Museum) displays the history of The Hague in all its facets. Cityscapes and portraits, silverware and glass collections, doll’s houses and Dutch…
Click on image for more information and a full programme of events KM21 (Formerly GEM Museum of Contemporary Art) Stadhouderslaan 43 2517 HV The Hague KM21 shows developments in Dutch and international contemporary art and programs about seven exhibitions a year. All different media are represented: (video) installations, painting, sculpture, drawing, film and photography.…
FOTOMUSEUM Den Haag The Hague Museum of Photography Stadhouderslaan 43 2517 HV The Hague Tel. +31 70 338 1144 The Hague Museum of Photography opened its doors in December 2002. It is part of the nearby Kunstmuseum and shares its premises with KM21 Museum of Contemorary Art. It works closely with the Print Room…
