Category: Museums

LOUIS COUPERUS MUSEUM, Den Haag

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events Louis Couperus Museum Javastraat 17 2585 AB Den Haag 070-3640653   The museum is located on the ground floor of a nineteenth century The Hague town house in Archipelbuurt, the quarter of town where many characters from Couperus’s novels dwell. Couperus knew the…

HUMANITY HOUSE MUSEUM, Den Haag

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events Humanity House Museum Prinsegracht 8 2512 GA The Hague Tel +31 (0)70 31 000 50 Thankfully, most of us know about disasters and conflicts only from newspapers and TV. Such events occur elsewhere in the world, far away. In its museum, Humanity House…

MEERMANNO BOOK MUSEUM Huis van het Boek, Den Haag

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events Museum Meermanno  Huis van het Boek Prinsessegracht 30 2514 AP Den Haag 070-3462700 Museum Meermanno, located centrally on The Hague’s stately Prinsessegracht, presents a very special collection, from medieval manuscripts to modern book design. The museum can accommodate your business or festive event…

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, Amsterdam

The National Maritime Museum Kattenburgerplein 1 1018 KK Amsterdam +31 (0)20 52 32 222 There was a time when The Netherlands was a world power and was home to the world’s first and most powerful multi-national company – The Dutch East India Company. Along with England and Spain, The Netherlands colonized all corners of the…

CIVIC GUARDS GALLERY (SCHUTTERSGALERIJ), Amsterdam

Civic Guards Gallery Kalverstraat 92 1012 PH   Amsterdam Tel: +31 20 523822 Giant portraits of a city’s civil guard were a favourite subject for Dutch painters in the 17th century. This small museum shows the Amsterdam contingents. There does not appear to be a dedicated website for this museum.

AMSTERDAM TULIP MUSEUM

Click on image for more information Amsterdam Tulip Museum Prinsengracht 116 1015 EA Amsterdam Tel.  +31 (0)20 421 00 95   The Amsterdam Tulip Museum shows you the special and suspenseful history of the tulip. It seems as if you are taking a walk through time and following the tulip on her adventurous voyage. The tulip…

THE COBRA MUSEUM, Amstelveen

Click on image for more information and a full programme of events The Cobra Museum Sandbergplein 1 1181 ZX Amstelveen +31 (0)20 5475050 Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst | Amstelveen CoBrA was an international movement of young, pioneering artists. In the years following World War II, they caused a revolution: a breakthrough in modern art…

AMSTERDAM PIPE MUSEUM

Click on image for more information Amsterdam Pipe Museum Prinsengracht 488, 1017 KH Amsterdam Tel.   020-4211779   A commercial museum with an extraordinary collection of thousands of pipes from around the world. Linked to a pipe and tobacco shop, so if you want to spend some money . . .