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Muzea v Haagu

Museums and Art Galleries

The Hague’s cultural landscape features specialized institutions ranging from the massive Panorama Mesdag, a 19th-century cylindrical painting, to the historic Van Kleef distillery. This collection highlights diverse perspectives, including the Yi Jun Peace Museum’s diplomatic history and the Indo-Surinamese heritage at Sarnamihuis. Visitors can explore communication at Beeld en Geluid, humanitarian crises at Humanity House, or 17th-century Dutch art at the Jan van Goyen House. From Gemak’s non-Western exhibitions to the wearable art at Guthschmidt Gallery, these venues offer unique insights into global and local history.

Museums and Art Galleries – Mapa

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Panorama Mesdag

Panorama Mesdag is a panorama by Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Housed in a purpose-built museum in The Hague, the panorama is a cylindrical…

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B

Museum for Communication

A former company museum of PTT, a telephone operator. Later it has outgrown this concept and now it is focused on communication as a such.

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C

Yi Tjoune

Yi Tjoune, also known as Yi Jun, was a Korean prosecutor and diplomat and the father of the North Korean politician Lee Yong.

Attributed to Jeronymus van Diest (II)… / Public domain

D

Jan van Goyen House

Dedicated to the 17th century painter, this museum displays his paintings, furniture and other daily life items.

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Van Kleef Museum and Distillery

Uncover the secrets of distillation of delicious liqueurs and bitters. You can also try some of them.

F

Humanity House

Raising awareness of global problems such as poverty or famine, this museum will make you feel that mankind should change something.

G

Gemak Arts Centre

Focused on non-Western art forms, this venue is a place of photo and painting exhibitions, concerts, debates and a lot more.

H

Sarnamihuis

A very unusual museum presenting traditions and ways of life of the Indian minority in Holland and Suriname.

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Guthschmidt Gallery

Beautiful, admirable and wearable pieces of jewellery can be found in this small yet amazing gallery.