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Prepare to be amazed by the works of M.C. Escher

Address & route description

Information about our location at the Lange Voorhout and how to get there.

Opening hours

Tuesday to Sunday: 11.00 – 17.00.

The cash register closes at 16:30, the museum shop closes at 16:50.

Admission

An overview of our admission tickets and accepted discount passes.

What's on

What's on

Escher in The Palace is a permanent exhibition dedicated to the world-famous, imaginative artist M.C. Escher. Read about our permanent collection and temporary exhibitions.

Enhance your visit

A Bell Tower in the Twilight

The latest Escher Today

A Bell Tower in the Twilight

3 July 2025

For years, M.C. Escher lived in Rome, but he did not like to depict the city itself in his prints. Escher found Rome more beautiful by night, which led him in 1934 to make a large series of woodcuts and drawings entitled Nocturnal Rome. During this period, he also drew the Basilica Santi Giovanni e Paolo. The drawing led to a lithograph only two years later: S.S. Giovanni e Paolo (1936). Ten years later, he returned to the subject with his first mezzotint: Dusk (1946). At first glance, the lithograph and the mezzotint seem almost identical, but they certainly are not.

Jehoshua Rozenman ‐ Out of the Box

Exhibition

Jehoshua Rozenman ‐ Out of the Box

1 July till 14 September 2025

The sculptures of Jehoshua Rozenman (b. 1955) are not as they first appear. They look robust, monumental, but they are in fact made of fragile glass. These mysterious pieces resemble impossible, secretive buildings that seem to come from another dimension. It is in the tension between fantasy and reality that Jehoshua Rozenman and M.C. Escher meet. This summer, for the first time, Escher in The Palace will combine the two-dimensional world of Escher with the two- and three-dimensional work of Rozenman.

Letters full of admiration

News

Letters full of admiration

17 March 2025

From 18 March to 7 September, Escher in The Palace exhibits a special loan, namely a carefully written letter from Escher enthusiast Hendrik Dekker. In the letter, he expresses his admiration for the print Reptiles (1943). The handwritten response by Escher himself is also on display.

Visitor survey

News

Visitor survey

22 April 2025

Did you recently visit Escher in The Palace? Your experience and opinion are very important to us, which is why we would like to ask you to participate in our online visitor survey. We will use the results to further improve the visitor experience at the museum. 

Groups and guided tours

Groups and guided tours

Would you like to visit us with a group or do you need a guided tour with a professional guide? Here you can reserve your visit and book a guide.

Techniques

About Escher

Techniques

Escher was a printmaker, but what exactly is that? Read the pages below to find out more about the techniques he used: woodcut, wood engraving, linocut, lithography, etching and mezzotint. Each of them has its own particular qualities, so the prints made using these techniques differ in terms of their complexity and visual character.