The Mauritshuis: The most beautiful museum in The Hague

Jacobus Vrel, A Seated Woman Looking at a Child through a Window, after 1656. Paris, Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt Collection

Vrel, Forerunner of Vermeer

Want to know more about the mysterious artist Vrel? Come check out our exhibition!

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Installation: My Girl with a Pearl. Everything and everyone is The Girl!

Onderzoek Meisje Met De Parel Johannes Vermeer Abbie Vandivere 14

Closer to Vermeer and the Girl with a Pearl Earring with Abbie vandiVere

For View the Mauritshuis with Your Ears artist Joya Mooi was inspired by a painting from our...

The best from the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer

Opening hours

Mauritshuis

Monday 1 pm - 6 pm

Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 6 pm

Prince William V Gallery

Monday Closed

Tuesday - Sunday 12 am - 5 pm

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Discover the collection through stories

There is a lot to tell about the paintings of the Mauritshuis. Together with experts from outside the museum, we're gathering the most engaging stories about our collection.

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Why Rembrandt was the most exciting artist of the 17th century

Rembrandt is the Netherlands’ best-known artist. But why is that? What makes his paintings so special?

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The most famous girl in the world

People travel to The Hague from all over the world to see Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring in the flesh. Or dream of coming here. But why is she so famous? We don’t know why exactly. We do have some theories, but we can’t explain it entirely. And maybe we don’t really want to – a little mystery suits the Girl.

Judith Leyster Zelfportret National Gallery Of Art, Washington

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Women of the Mauritshuis

Discover why there were many more female artists in the 17th century than you think.

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A museum full of animals

Did you know that lots of our paintings also have animals in them? After all, animals and people belong together. And that was also true in the past. Find out more!

Frans Hals Aletta Hanneman MH460 Mauritshuis

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Race Against Time

The attic of the Mauritshuis is the home of our conservation department, where our conservators Carol Pottasch, Sabrina Meloni and Abbie Vandivere, spend every day examining and restoring our paintings.

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Johan Maurits

The Mauritshuis was built as a residence for Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen. Who was this man?

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Vrel, Forerunner of Vermeer

Opening hours

Mauritshuis

Prince William V Gallery

Discover the collection through stories

Why Rembrandt was the most exciting artist of the 17th century

The most famous girl in the world

Women of the Mauritshuis

A museum full of animals

Race Against Time

Johan Maurits

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