Category: Museums

KUNSTMUSEUM, Den Haag

KUNSTMUSEUM Stadhouderslaan 41, Den Haag Tel.+ 31 070 3381111 With 150,000 works of art, the Kunstmuseum (formerly Gemeentemuseum) is one of Europe’s biggest art museums. It has a leading collection of modern and contemporary art, fashion and decorative arts. It is also the international home of Piet Mondrian, with no fewer than 300 works by…

DE MESDAG COLLECTION Den Haag

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events DE MESDAG COLLECTION Laan van Meerdervoort 7F, 2517 AB Den Haag Tel. 070 362 1434 This museum contains the private collection of paintings accumulated by Hendrik Willem Mesdag and his wife Sientje. In 1887 they built a museum right next to their house.…

THE TRAM MUSEUM in Rotterdam

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events The Tram Museum Kootsekade 19, 3051 PC Rotterdam Tel. 06 83214430 The collection is for Dutch, even for European concepts unique. The Rotterdam Electric Tram (RET) decided to create a museum of the old vehicles in 1938. Since then, samples of all their…

THE MARINES MUSEUM (Het Mariniersmuseum) Rotterdam

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events THE MARINES MUSEUM (Het Mariniersmuseum) Wijnhaven 7 – 13 3011 WH Rotterdam T (010) 412 96 00   The Marine Corps, who has not heard of them? Chances are that you once dreamed as a child to go to the Marine Corps. Or…

TAX AND CUSTOMS MUSEUM (Belasting en Douane) Rotterdam

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events TAX AND CUSTOMS MUSEUM (Belasting en Douane) Parklaan 14-16, 3016 BB Rotterdam, Tel 088 – 1514900   Most of us don’t fancy paying taxes, but it seems simply inevitable. But why do we have to pay taxes and where does all that money…

MUSEUM ROTTERDAM

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events MUSEUM ROTTERDAM Museum Rotterdam Rodezand 26 3011 AN Rotterdam Museum Rotterdam describes the history of Rotterdam and its inhabitants. You can learn everything about the rich history of the city and learn how Rotterdam developed from a tiny harbour into a modern metropolis.…

STRIPS COMICS MUSEUM Rotterdam

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events   COMICS MUSEUM Wijnbrugstraat 5 3011 XW Rotterdam   In this fun museum you can meet your favourite comic heroes and also learn all about computer games, cartoon art and drawing techniques. The comic museum exhibits an impressive collection of comic books, including…

DUTCH PHOTO MUSEUM Rotterdam

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events NEDERLANDS FOTOMUSEUM Gebouw Las Palmas Wilhelminakade 332, 3072 AR Rotterdam +31 (0)10 203 04 05 One of Europe’s most versatile photo museums. The museum shows exhibitions about photography and administers a multifaceted collection of negatives, transparencies and prints, made by more than eighty…