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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.

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…

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.

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.

Jan van Goyen House

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

Van Kleef Museum and Distillery

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

Humanity House

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

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.

Sarnamihuis

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

Guthschmidt Gallery

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