Museum · Netherlands · Zuid-Holland
Mauritshuis
A small, perfect museum in a former mansion, home to Girl with a Pearl Earring.
For storytellers
Why Mauritshuis matters
The Mauritshuis is a small, elegant museum in a seventeenth-century mansion next to the Binnenhof. It holds top Golden Age paintings, including Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp and Fabritius's The Goldfinch. Its size makes it easy to see the best in under two hours.
Talking points
- Girl with a Pearl Earring hangs here.
- It is small enough to enjoy without fatigue.
- The building is a former mansion.
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