The underground foyer is located six meters below street level. Because daylight penetrates from all sides, it feels very light and spacious. Access to the foyer is provided by the elevator
or staircase leading down from the courtyard. This enables visitors to plan their route as they descend.
Apart from new exhibition space, lecture theatre, education suite and library, the current museological and visitor facilities (such as entrance, restaurant, shop, cloakroom) are enlarged and brought in line with the 21st-century requirements.
The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis houses a world-famous collection of art. The heart of the collection consists of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, including top-quality work by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Jan Steen and Frans Hals.
ISBN 978-94-6208-145-1 | 1. edition | June 2014 | photography: Luuk Kramer, Christian van der Kooy | Jaap Huisman, Quentin Buvelot, Hans van Heeswijk | design: Studio Joost Grootens | English | hardcover | 22 x 28 cm | 112 pages | illustrated (101 color and b/w)