Kunstmuseum Den Haag

Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Museum building designed by H.P. Berlage
Map
Interactive fullscreen map
Former names
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Gemeentemuseum
Established29 May 1866 (1866-05-29)
LocationStadhouderslaan 41
The Hague, Netherlands
Coordinates52°5′23″N 4°16′50″E / 52.08972°N 4.28056°E / 52.08972; 4.28056
TypeArt museum
Visitors361,922 (2023)[1]
DirectorMargriet Schavemaker (from 1 June 2024)
ArchitectHendrik Petrus Berlage
Websitewww.kunstmuseum.nl

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]

  1. ^ (in Dutch) (PDF) Jaarverslag 2023, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2023. Retrieved on 2024-08-28.
  2. ^ "Haags Gemeentemuseum (rijksmonument #461450)". Monumentenregister (in Dutch). Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.
  3. ^ "Voorpagina". www.km21.nl. 22 June 2024.
  4. ^ Haag, Fotomuseum Den. "Voorpagina". www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl.
  5. ^ "Kunstmuseum Den Haag krijgt met Margriet Schavemaker een feministische directeur die de hele stad wil bereiken".
  6. ^ "Benno Tempel nieuwe Algemeen directeur Kröller-Müller Museum". krollermuller.nl. 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2023-10-12.