In the next posts I'll add more photos of the exhibition New New Babylon in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, but I want to start with a photo of the entrance hall.

This museum was built to educate and show people what a museum is/can be.

The new museum must therefore avoid any impression of elitism; it should be a cultural temple for the common man. It was also to be a modern museum, complete with the latest gadgets and presentation techniques.

https://www.kunstmuseum.nl/en/museum/about-us/museum-building

When your visit this museum, check out the measurements: everything is measured in 11, or 1.1, or 55, or 3.3, etc etc etc.

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Today's photo: Van Eeghenstraat (1901).

[EN] Parkwyck House, Van Eeghenstraat 90. Publisher L. Simons lived here. The building was designed by Berlage. Due to the oddly shaped chimney, the house was nicknamed "the house […]

[NL] Huize Parkwyck, Van Eeghenstraat 90. Hier woonde de uitgever L. Simons. Het huis is ontworpen door Berlage. Vanwege het merkwaardig gevormde rookkanaal kreeg het de bijnaam […]

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Today's photo: De Ruijterkade - center (1898).

[EN] A sailing ship is moored at the dock near popular coffee house "De Hoop" ('Hope'). As the photo shows, there were several buildings at the back of […]

[NL] Aan de steiger bij het volkskoffiehuis 'De Hoop' ligt een zeilschip. Zoals te zien stonden er destijds enkele gebouwen achter Centraal Station, […]

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