Mauritshuis
Home to Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.
The Hague Highlights
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Contemporary art museum with a liking for Piet Mondrian.
The Mesdag Collection
A collection of 19th-century Dutch & French art assembled by the renowned painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag & his wife Sientje.
Louwman Museum
Car museum by architect Michael Graves.
Madurodam
Holland in miniature.
Meijendel Valley
Take a hike through the dunes.
Museum Meermanno
Bibliophile sanctuary dedicated to books & books design.
Museum Voorlinden
Contemporary art museum.
Further Recommendations
Bodega de Posthoorn
Delightful old-fashioned café.
Café Dudok
The apple pie from Dudok’s patisserie is quite delicious.
Celestial Vault
Artwork by James Turrell.
De Quack House
House by architect Jan de Quack.
Design Museum Dedel
Escher in Het Paleis
Museum dedicated to artist M.C. Escher.
Fotomuseum Den Haag
Photographic art gallery.
Hall of Knights
13th-century government building, closed for renovation until 2026.
Historical Museum of The Hague
Local history museum.
Hortus Botanicus
Botanical garden.
Huygens’ Hofwijck
Constantijn & Christiaan Huygens’ country estate, by architect Jacob van Campen.
Japanese Garden
The Japanese Garden in Clingendael Park is open for six weeks in the spring & two weeks in the autumn.
KM21
Contemporary art gallery.
Museon
Culture & science museum for kids.
Museum Beelden aan Zee
Contemporary sculpture museum.
Museum Bredius
Art museum.
Museum Paul Tetar van Elven
Artist’s house featuring paintings & porcelain.
Museum Prinsenhof Delft
Art & local history museum.
Museum Rijswijk
Art & local history museum hosting paper & textile biennales.
Museum Sophiahof
Dutch East Indies colonial & postcolonial museum.
Museum Swaensteyn
Local history museum.
New Church
Burial site of William I of Orange.
Noordeinde Palace
Royal palace by architect Jacob van Campen.
Old Church
Church with Admiral Maarten Tromp’s tomb by sculptor Rombout Verhulst.
Omniversum
Wide-screen film theatre that shows films on a giant domed screen.
Palace Garden
Noordeinde Palace’s garden.
Panorama Mesdag
A 1,672 m² 360° vista of the sea, the dunes & Scheveningen village as it was in 1881.
Passage
19th-century shopping centre.
Peace Palace
Courthouse by architect Louis Cordonnier.
Prince William V Gallery
Prince William V of Orange’s art gallery.
Prison Gate Museum
This former prison of the Counts of Holland is now a museum dedicated to crime & punishment across the centuries.
Pulchri Studio
Artists’ association’s art gallery.
Royal Delft
Delft Blue earthenware manufactory.
Tea Pavilion De Horsten
Lovely tea pavilion at the royal estate.
Van Meerten House
19th-century home of an upper-class family.