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The Escher Museum has been opened in The Hague since 2002 . It occupies the old building of the Langhe Voorhaut Palace, built in the 18th century and in itself quite interesting . Queen Emma used the palace as her winter residence before his death in 1934 . Another three Dutch queens (Wilhelmina, Juliana and Beatrix) used the building as their own office - the last, Queen Beatrix, released the palace only in 1990 . Today in all the former "royal" rooms of the palace on first and second floor on the window zan avesya posted information about the interiors of these halls in the former, "royal" times . Two halls dedicated to the reign of Queen Emma, ​​and the palace contains a lot of photo stands and text information about the queens .

The permanent collection of the museum contains hundreds of lithographs and carved wood items from the greatest 20th century drawing of Moritz Escher, including the famous print "Air and Water" with birds turning into fishes.

The chandeliers of the palace were created specifically for the museum by the Rotterdam artist Hans van Bentham, and their design echoes with the works of MC Escher: the chandelier-star with a million reflections in the ballroom, and the chandelier-sharks, turtles, spiders and sea horse. The parquet floor was also designed specifically for the museum: its author in 1992 was the American minimalist artist Donald Judd. The drawing uses different colors and geometric patterns.

But no matter how interesting the historical heritage of the palace, visitors come here not to admire the interiors. The permanent collection of the museum contains hundreds of lithographs and carved wood objects from the work of the greatest graphic of the 20th century, Moritz Escher, including the famous print "Air and Water" with birds turning into fish, "Belvedere", "Waterfall", which flows from the bottom upwards, "Drawing "With two hands drawing each other.
In addition, here you can see the artist's early works, in particular, cute Italian landscapes, a lot of mirror prints and three versions of "Metamorphosis" from the smallest to the last, seven-meter.

The first floor of the palace was given for earlier works, and on the second you can see masterpieces of world renown. The third floor of the museum is dedicated to optical illusion: in the famous Escher Hall with a lot of interactive displays, adults seem less than children.

Practical information

It's easy to get to the museum by public transport: from trains No. 15 and 17 from the Main Station of The Hague (stop Korte Voorhout), buses Nos. 22 and 24 (stop Kneuterdijk). From the Holland Spoor station, trams Nos. 16 and 17 (Korte Voorhout stop) and No. 1 (Kneuterdijk stop) can be reached here.

Address: Lange Voorhout, 74.

Opening Hours: The museum is open from 11:00 to 17 : 00 from Tuesday to Sunday.

Entrance: 9 EUR (October 2014).