Escher Museum
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Coordinates: 52°05′00″N 4°18′52″E / 52.083333°N 4.314444°E
| Escher Museum | |
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 The Escher Museum is located in the former Lange Voorhout Palace |
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| Established | 15 November 2002 |
| Location | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Type | Art, prints, drawing museum |
| Visitor figures | 100.000 |
| Director | B.Tempeal |
| Curator | M.Piller |
| Public transit access | Tram line 16 or 17 Korte Voorhout |
| Website | www.escherinhetpaleis.nl |
The Escher Museum (Escher in het Paleis, Escher in the Palace) is a museum in The Hague, The Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch graphical artist M. C. Escher. This museum opened on 15 November 2002.
The museum is housed in a former palace (Lange Voorhout Palace) dating from the eighteenth century. Queen Emma, (Emma of Waldeck Pyrmont) bought the stately house in 1896. She used it as a Winter palace from March 1901 till her death in March 1934. 4 Dutch Queens used the palace for their business offices, till Queen Beatrix moved het Office to Paleis Noordeinde, about 10 minutes walk from Escher in Het Paleis. In all the former 'Royal Rooms' first and second floor we have window shades witrh information about the interior in Emmas time. Their are two rooms dedicated to Emma's period and often there are photo enlargements or other information about Queen Mother Emma on dusplay besides the never ending Escher exhibition.
The museum features a permament display of a large number of woodcuts and lithographs by M.C. Escher, among them the world famous prints Air and Water (birds become fish); Belvedere (the inside out of a Folly); Waterfall (where water seems to flow upwards); Drawing (two hands drawing each other). Escher in Het Paleis shows the early lovely Italian landscapes, the many mirror prints and a choice from the tesselation drawings, further the three versions of the Metamorphosis, from the first small one to the third of 7 meters (!). This one is shown in a circle. It underlines the new vision of the museum on the work of M.C. Escher.
The third floor of the museum is dedicated tio the Optical Illusion, besides the famous Escher Room in which grownups seem to be smaller than their children you can make as well a multimedia journey through Escher's world.
[edit] Сhandeliers
In the rooms of the museum are fifteen chandeliers made by the Rotterdam artist Hans van Bentem.
[edit] External links
Media related to Paleis Lange Voorhout at Wikimedia Commons
- Escher in het Paleis (official website)
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