This museum is not just for car geeks

"The Louwman Museum is not just for car geeks," director Ronald Kooyman emphasises again during the conversation on the indoor Museum Square. This is where the museum café is located, a cosy terrace that breathes the atmosphere of the previous 1920s thanks to its historic facades. One of...

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Panorama Mesdag

'I have sometimes been called a museum DJ'

Asked about her choice of Museum Panorama Mesdag, director Minke Schat dissects the versatility of the museum's namesake and creator of its main 'attraction', Hendrik Willem Mesdag. "He was an artist, collector and entrepreneur. The panorama is Mesdag's artistic highlight and the museum...

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'Urban omnivores' of interest to Mauritshuis

Reopened in 2014, the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, as the top museum in The Hague is officially called, is familiar to everyone, you might say. Every year, the institute on the Hofvijver attracts an average of 450,000 visitors. Much more can't even be achieved, as half a million is the critical limit. "If you come...

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Project 2.0, Coen van de Oever

'Art is allowed to wriggle a bit'

Coen van den Oever has occasional discussions about it. When is an artist ripe for Project 2.0? The owner of the modern art gallery on Noordeinde, having just spent an hour walking with dog Pier and now sitting behind a cup of tea,...

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