Press releases

The application of the final layer of varnish in December 2025 marked the successful completion of conservation work on Potter’s The Bull. Following a scientific examination, since summer 2024 conservators...

From 12 February, the Mauritshuis will present BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama, an exhibition that focuses on our relationship with birds. No other species has captured our creative and...

The Mauritshuis is to loan Johannes Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring to the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, Japan. The painting will be on temporary loan while the Mauritshuis is closed...

From 12 February, the Mauritshuis will present BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama, an exhibition that focuses on our relationship with birds. We cannot imagine life without them. To us, birds...

Boy Playing the Violin and Girl Singing (c. 1628) by Frans Hals will be on display at the Frans Hals Museum from 16 July to 7 September 2025. The two paintings will receive a festive welcome, with a free...

The Hague – From 18 September 2025 to 4 January 2026 the Mauritshuis will be presenting The Grand Tour – Destination Italy, featuring masterpieces from three of the UK’s most esteemed stately homes: Burghley...