We’re 200 years old this year and what’s a birthday party without flowers? 200 years is a milestone, and one that needs celebrating. That’s why our museum is in bloom! Not just for the exhibition In Full Bloom, but throughout the entire year. You can enjoy our floral fiesta all year long. We’re immersing you (and secretly also ourselves) in a sea of flowers, with more flowers being added each month.
Our colourful garden
Since early February, the Mauritshuis has been swathed in two colourful flower waterfalls down its façade that continue into the foyer. You can’t miss them, because we’ve also put lots of flowers by the entrance to our museum. There are no fewer than 24 flower planters on our forecourt. You’ll find different kinds of flowers in these 3D-printed containers every flowering season. Every six weeks, the planting makes way for something new. The façade and foyer are also constantly being added to with imitation flowers. In this way, the ‘impossible’ bouquet inspired by the flower still lifes of the 17th century continues to steadily grow.
Impossible bouquet
What’s so impossible about the ‘impossible’ bouquet? 17th-century artists liked to paint magnificent bouquets with flowers that never bloomed at the same time. Mission impossible, in other words. Jan Davidsz de Heem’s Vase of Flowers was the main source of inspiration for our flowers. If you compare his painting with other flower still lifes from the time, it’s a true floral explosion. A riot of colourful flowers left, right and centre. Not a wallflower in sight!
