Art, Theaters and Museums

China National Silk Museum This region was once the centre of China’s silk industry and this museum, just south of the lake, charts the histor… Read the rest

The art collection at Museo Botero, donated by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, is thought to be one of the most important in the country’s his… Read the rest

Mauritshuis – The city’s Royal Picture Gallery, housed in a 17th-century palace, features an outstanding collection of Dutch Old Masters s… Read the rest

Escher in Het Paleis (Escher in The Palace) See the famously mind-boggling works of the great Dutch graphic artist, M C Escher (1898-1972), collecte… Read the rest

<p>Girl with a Pearl Earring, oil painting on canvas (c. 1665) by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, one of his most well-known works. It depicts an… Read the rest

Van Kleef Museum and Distillery Dutch gin, known as ‘jenever’, is a national institution in the Netherlands and nowhere celebrates its e… Read the rest

Haags Historisch Museum (Historical Museum of The Hague) Occupying a fabulous, 17th-century baroque mansion that overlooks the Hofvijver pond, the H… Read the rest

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (The Hague Municipal Museum)This internationally renowned collection of modern art is famous for its Piet Mondrian works but t… Read the rest

The Prison Gate Museum (‘Gevangenpoort’) tells the thrilling tale of crime and punishment in days gone by. Since 1882, the mediaeval priso… Read the rest

Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights (KGB Museum) Previously known as the Museum of Genocide Victims, the dark days of the Soviet occupation com… Read the rest