Museum Meermanno

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House of the Book (formely Museum Meermanno)

Huis van het boek
Former name	Dutch: Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum
Location	The Hague
Coordinates	52°05′06″N 4°18′57″E / 52.0850°N 4.3157°E / 52.0850; 4.3157
Visitors	19,773 (2023)
Director	Yoeri Meessen
Website	www.huisvanhetboek.nl/en/

The House of the Book (Dutch: Huis van het boek), formerly called Museum Meermanno and Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum, is a book museum in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the oldest book museum in the world, and houses a collection of books but also sculpture, etchings and paintings. Books from many different periods are collected, but it's particularly strong in medieval manuscripts. The museum is based in an 18th- century townhouse (Dutch: Herenhuis) that maintains many of its period furnishings and collectibles.^[1]