Long before museum architecture was a popular tourist attraction, architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and museum director Hendrik Enno van Gelder dreamed of creating an innovative, purpose-built museum

Sunday, November 24, 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 British food historian Ivan Day will introduce us to the history of wonderful pleasures of jellies and puddings – from 16th tot early 20th century. Of all...

The museum has sought to trace all holders of copyrights on the works of art shown in the photographs. Should you nevertheless come across unauthorized images of a work on which you hold copyright...

Directors Ms Margriet Schavemaker (director) Mr Paul Broekhoff (managing director) Management team Mr Doede Hardeman (head of collections) Mr Daniel Koep (head of exhibitions) Ms Jet van Overeem (head...

From optical illusions and impossible architecture to realistic natural landscapes: the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) has it all. In 2023 it will be 125 years since his birth. With the...

Margriet Schavemaker will take up the post of general director of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the Fotomuseum Den Haag, KM21 and Escher in The Palace from 1 June 2024. She succeeds Benno Tempel, who was...

Sharp angles, disconcerting perspectives, restrictive framing. Artist Max Beckmann used all kinds of techniques to manipulate space in his paintings. The painted surface was his domain. Painting

The Documentation & Information department administers a large collection of images of objects in the museum’s collection. It also has an archive of gallery images of exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Den...