Type Art museum Website www.gemeentemuseum.nl Province South Holland | Director Benno Tempel Architectural style Modern architecture Architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage | |
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Location Stadhouderslaan 41
The Hague, Netherlands Visitors 383,790 (2012)
Ranking 7th nationally (2013) Address Stadhouderslaan 41, 2517 HV Den Haag, Netherlands Hours Closing soon · 10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSunday10AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PM Artwork Portrait of Edith (the artist's wife), Card players, Czardas Dancers, Fishing nets at Pourville, Bathers Similar Mauritshuis, Museon, Escher Museum, Beelden aan Zee, Peace Palace Profiles | ||
Discover the gemeentemuseum den haag
The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (English: Municipal Museum) is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands.
Contents
- Discover the gemeentemuseum den haag
- Gemeentemuseum den haag wonderkamers
- Modern art
- Print Room
- Fashion
- Music
- References
The museum, built 1931–1935, was designed by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world. His last work, Victory Boogie-Woogie, is on display here.
GEM (museum for contemporary art) and Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague museum for photography) are part of the Gemeentemuseum, though not housed in the same building and with a separate entrance fee.
Gemeentemuseum den haag wonderkamers
Modern art
The museum's collection of modern art includes works by international artists (Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Egon Schiele, Frank Stella, Henri Le Fauconnier and many others) and Dutch artists (Charlotte Dumas, Pyke Koch, Piet Mondriaan, Charley Toorop, Jan Toorop, Hans Wilschut and many others).
Print Room
The museum has a collection of 19th and 20th century prints, posters and drawings, containing around 50,000 items. It comprises works by Dutch artists such as Co Westerik and Jan Toorop, as well as works by Rodolphe Bresdin, Ingres, Paul Klee, Toulouse-Lautrec, Odilon Redon and others. A selection is on view in the print room.
Fashion
The collection of fashion items, accessories, jewellery, drawings and prints includes historical items as well as modern ones by designers such as Gabrielle Chanel, Frank Govers and Yoshiki Hishinuma. For reasons of conservation items are only shown at temporary exhibitions.
Music
The music collection includes a large collection of musical instruments and a music library, with an emphasis on European music.