Press releases

The Frans Hals Museum and the Mauritshuis have together purchased two paintings by Frans Hals at an auction in New York. Boy Playing the Violin and Girl Singing were bought at Sotheby’s with the help of...

Today the Mauritshuis presented the results of its research on three paintings in its collection. In the case of two of these works, it was not certain whether they were painted by the great master himself...

In response to its second open call, the Mauritshuis in The Hague received more than 2700 new interpretations of Vermeer’s iconic masterpiece Girl with a Pearl Earring. “We are amazed and overwhelmed,”,...

In 2025 the Mauritshuis will mark eighty years since the liberation of the Netherlands. The German occupation was a turbulent time for the Mauritshuis, with its collection in storage, propaganda exhibitions,...

Neurological research has shown that looking at a real painting at the Mauritshuis activates the brain differently than looking at a reproduction of the same painting. The viewer’s emotional response is...

The Mauritshuis, Nationale-Nederlanden, Fabrique des Lumières, Addikt (concept & graphics), Kloaq (audio design) together developed a spectacular new presentation about the world-famous Girl with a Pearl...