What a beautiful museum. Just walking around the h...

What a beautiful museum. Just walking around the house you can already see the splendor that the VOC has brought us. The house is also called the Sugar House. Built from the money from the sugar plantation where slaves work.

The entrance is very modern, it is good that a large part has been added for the museum. At the entrance there is also a very nice store. As an art lover you can really be happy with all the beautiful things you can buy. A little further up is the restaurant. I enjoyed a delicious sandwich and good coffee. Service was friendly and quick with everything ready.

If you take the other stairs you will come to the annex. What a very modern appearance, but it is not disturbing. Here is also an exhibition space hidden! There is another room in front of the exhibition space where extra activities are organized that the Mauritshuis is organizing. The exhibition space in the annex is without windows. But with the right exposure, the objects come into their own better.

You enter the Mauritshuis via the stairs (there are also lifts available). You will find the toilets on the ground floor. After that you go up another staircase and you reach the first floor. All of them already have paintings in the hallway. Some recognizable and others less known. Mauritshuis shows a nice consideration by decorating the room in this way. Of course they are known names, but sometimes unknown paintings. Each room has its own style. It is very nice that you can walk all the way through all the rooms. It looks a bit like the style of Versailles!

When you enter the second floor, take a look above you. A beautiful modern painting can then be seen on the ceiling. On the second floor hangs the "Mona Lisa of the Low Countries" and how beautiful she is "the girl with the pearl".

The other spaces are also beautifully laid out, with some nice views over the hofvijver. You really think you are somewhere else when you walk through the museum. Pay special attention to details of fireplaces, curtains, walls and the wooden staircase. Then you see how much craftsmanship and hours have been in the house. A particularly beautiful building with a special collection that is certainly worth a visit.