Former names | Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Gemeentemuseum |
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Established | 29 May 1866 |
Location | Stadhouderslaan 41 The Hague, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 52°5′23″N 4°16′50″E / 52.08972°N 4.28056°E |
Type | Art museum |
Visitors | 361,922 (2023)[1]
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Director | Margriet Schavemaker (from 1 June 2024) |
Architect | Hendrik Petrus Berlage |
Website | www |
The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the Museum voor Moderne Kunst. Later, until 1998, it was known as Haags Gemeentemuseum, and until the end of September 2019 as Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. It has a collection of around 165,000 works, over many different forms of art. In particular, the Kunstmuseum is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world. Mondrian's last work, Victory Boogie-Woogie, is on display at the museum.
The current museum building was constructed between 1931 and 1935, designed by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage.[2]
The KM21 (museum for contemporary art) and Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague museum for photography) are part of the Kunstmuseum, though not housed in the same building and with a separate entrance fee.[3][4]
The new director Margriet Schavemaker started on 1 June 2024.[5] She replaces Benno Tempel, who left as of 1 November 2023.[6]