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Groups and Guided Tours

Take a tour of the museum with our tour guides

Rubens En Brueghel Aardse Paradijs Tijdens Hoogtepunten Rondleiding In Mauritshuis

Experience the Mauritshuis in a truly personal way. In our museum, you can choose from various guided tours. Additionally, groups can explore the museum independently, and there's even an option for you to lead your own group tour.

If you're planning a group visit with friends, family, or colleagues, use our form to let us know your preferences. Our planners will then get in touch to conform details about your upcoming visit.

Touring the museum with our guides

Join our guides as they share fascinating insights about our paintings. They'll point out special details and uncover hidden stories. Discussions about restorations and the playful nuances painters sometimes weave into their works are also on the agenda. The guides are keen to hear your thoughts on what you find beautiful, what intrigues you, and are excited about having conversations with you on art.

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Which tours are available?

All tours mentioned below can be requested through the request form.

Tour - Highlights

In an hour or an hour and a half, we'll guide you past the very best paintings in our museum. From the Girl with a Pearl Earring to Rembrandt's final self-portrait, you'll uncover where Johannes Vermeer stood when he painted View of Delft and what makes The Goldfinch such a remarkable painting.

Duration: 60 or 90 minutes
Price for 60 minutes: € 100,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 60 participants
Price for 90 minutes: € 150,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 60 participants

 

Tour - Exhibition

In our exhibition space, we host new exhibitions two or three times a year. These presentations may focus on a unique artist or explore an unexpected theme. Regardless of the subject, we invite you to join us on a journey of exploration.

Duration: 60 minutes
Price: € 100,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 60 participants

 

Combination Tour

Best of both worlds: First, explore the most famous paintings at the Mauritshuis, and then visit our new exhibition. Alternatively, you can do it the other way around. It's a great activity to enjoy with a group of friends or family.

Duration: 90 minutes
Price: € 150,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 30 participants

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Rondleiding Close Up

Tour - Prince William V Gallery

The Prince William V Gallery is the very first museum of the Netherlands. It was there that Prince William V of Orange-Nassau initially began the collection of the Mauritshuis. To this day, 150 paintings from the Mauritshuis are still on display at this beautiful gallery.

Duration: 45 minutes
Cost: € 65,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 15 participants

 

Tour - Women in art

Ask people to name a female artist from the 17th century, and you'll be met with silence. Why do we know so few female artists from that time? Did they not exist? On the contrary. In this tour, we take you along the hidden gems of history. Move over, Rembrandt. Here are Judith Leyster, Michaelina Wautier, and many others.

Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: € 100,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 30 participants

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Museumles Rondleiding Hoogtepunten In Mauritshuis Den Haag Educatie 1200

Tour - Crossdressing

What roles were there for women in the 17th century? And what if they could not or did not want to conform to these roles? Maria van Antwerpen served three times as a soldier disguised as a man. Cornelia Gerritse van Bruegel dressed up as a man to marry Elisabeth Boleyn. Princess Maria of Orange had herself portrayed in men's clothing.


Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: € 100,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 30 participants

 

Tour - Art restoration

Many of the paintings at the Mauritshuis look like they were painted yesterday. Is that 'normal'? No, not at all! Behind the scenes our art conservators work hard to make these works shine. What have these paintings been through in 400 years? And what can be done to protect the works? And do you agree with the choices made?

During this tour, you delve deeper into our paintings than ever before. What does a painting actually consist of? What have these works been through? What are pentimenti, and why are art historians crazy about them? And what if your Rembrandt suddenly turns out to have a pimple?

Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: € 100,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 30 participants

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Jan Mijtens, Portrait of Maria of Orange (1642-1688), with Hendrik van Nassau-Zuylestein (d. 1673) and a Servant, 1665

Tour - Colonial and Slavery History

The Mauritshuis is a unique museum with a top notch collection, but that is not the full story. In 2019, we created the multi-voiced exhibition Shifting Image - In search of Johan Maurits, which examined the colonial past of the museum from various perspectives. This tour is a continuation of that. We reflect on the stories that have long been overlooked and are closely linked to the history of The Hague.

There are many references to the colonial past. For example, the nameless servants, details with colonial products, and rare pigments from the other side of the world. We place what you see in a broader context so that we can also discuss what you don't see in the paintings: the inhumane practices of the colonial system and the trade in enslaved people.

By viewing our stories from different perspectives, we hope to gain a better understanding of our shared past and how it is connected to the present.

Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: € 100,00 per 15 persons, excluding ticket fees, max. 30 participants

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Practicing the Dutch language

If Dutch is not your first language and you would like to practice your speaking skills, reserve an NT2 tour. We tailor the tour to the language level of the group and engage in discussions about daily life based on our paintings.

Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: € 85 per 12 persons, including ticket fees, max. 24 participants
Booking: Send an e-mail to: mail@mauritshuis.nl

Rembrandt De Anatomische Les Met Groep Mauritshuis Den Haag 1200

Finding your way in a new country

Maybe you’ve got someone to show you around, give you the insider tips, and help you get started. But once you’ve learned the basics, do you really know the country?

Maybe not quite. You might still be missing a few key puzzle pieces. And those pieces often lie in the past. Our paintings help fill in those gaps.

This tour takes you through the history of the Netherlands. We won’t shy away from the clichés, but we’ll also shine a light on the unexpected stories. We hope that by the end, you’ll not only find your way through our collection, but also through the Netherlands itself.

Duration: 90 minutes
Price: € 150,- per 15 people, excluding ticket for our museum (max. 15 personen)

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Digital Tours

If you can't visit the Mauritshuis in person, but still want to enjoy our paintings, you can! Our entire museum has been digitized in gigapixel format; you can zoom in on paintings down to the brushstroke, all from the comfort of your own home.

Duration 60 minutes
Cost: € 150,00 per 20 participants

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De centrale hal van het Mauritshuis hangt vol met bijzondere klassieke schilderijen, het plafond is moderner en geschilderd door Lataster

Touring the museum without a Mauritshuis guide

Touring your own group

Would you like to personally guide a group through the Mauritshuis? That's possible with a maximum of 15 participants per guide. Do always request the visit with us, as we will have to check for availability.

Group visits without a tour

You can also visit the Mauritshuis without a guided tour. To request a self-guided group visit for 15 people or more, please use the form provided. (Smaller groups can reserve individual e-tickets.) We will check for availability and take your group into account when scheduling other group visits.

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Download the app

With the Mauritshuis app, you have various exciting tours right on your own phone. Choose your own topic and guide, setting your own pace as you explore the museum.

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Contact

If you would like more information or to make a reservation, one of our staff members will be happy to assist you via mail@mauritshuis.nl or 070-302 3456.