At night, when it is dark outside, the doors of museums in The Hague open especially for young cultural night owls. On Saturday 22 March between 5pm and 9pm, there will be a special programme full of cool activities. With one ticket, you can visit the most beautiful cultural locations in The Hague and Voorburg. Of course Escher in The Palace will participate again!
Art is a serious business, right? Sure, but art is also a way to discover the world. To be amazed, to investigate and to have fun. Want to know how? Come to Escher in The Palace and dive into the world of M.C. Escher!
Be enchanted by the magic in Escher’s prints and go on a journey of discovery through his exciting palace of mirrors. We challenge you to discover him in a new way. Maybe today you will get to look at art upside down or with your eyes closed. During this museum night, nothing is what it seems!
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17.30-17.55
18.30-18.55
19.30-19.55
20.30-20.55
Storyteller Winston Scholsberg introduces you to the adventures of the mischievous and clever spider Anansi. Will you join him in his stories?
Winston whirls across the stage and teaches you all about rhythm, patterns and reflections. Topics that are also common in art, especially with Escher.
Bennies Playcare
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Continuous
Be amazed by looking at art in a playful way. With interactive tasks, Bennies Playcare creates a creative chaos where children and parents can discover new things in Escher’s prints over and over again.
Workshop Playing with mirrors
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To be announced
Create your own artwork by playing with patterns that seem to go on forever. Artist Inge Aanstoot teaches you how to make your own infinite pattern, with the help of a mirror, pencil and paper. Be inspired by Escher and other creatives you will meet during museum night. Shift, shuffle, reflect and create your own world on paper!
Discover the warm sounds of the hand-pan during a live performance amidst the works of Escher. Enjoy sparkling music that truly seems to come from another time. Relax and immerse yourself!
Escher for the blind and visually impaired – SOLD OUT
Several times a year, Escher in The Palace organises special guided tours for those who are blind or visually impaired. Before regular opening hours, between 09.30 and 11.00, we open our doors and take you on a tour of a number of masterpieces from the museum’s permanent exhibition. During the tour, specially trained guides talk about the life and work of Maurits Cornelis Escher. Our blind and visually impaired visitors get to know the artworks in an interactive way and they form an image based on feeling, hearing and imagining. Specially designed relief reproductions and props are used during the tour as an aid to experience the artworks even more intensively.
This edition has sold out
Escher for the blind and visually impaired – SOLD OUT
Several times a year, Escher in The Palace organises special guided tours for those who are blind or visually impaired. Before regular opening hours, between 09.30 and 11.00, we open our doors and take you on a tour of a number of masterpieces from the museum’s permanent exhibition. During the tour, specially trained guides talk about the life and work of Maurits Cornelis Escher. Our blind and visually impaired visitors get to know the artworks in an interactive way and they form an image based on feeling, hearing and imagining. Specially designed relief reproductions and props are used during the tour as an aid to experience the artworks even more intensively.
This edition has sold out
Museum Night 2024
Escher in The Palace is joining Museum Night The Hague again. We have put together a great programme that allows you to be amazed, but also to get actively involved. Of course, during the evening you will be able to enjoy the beautiful prints of M.C. Escher. Will we see you there?
Photo: Camila Picolo
Polytope sculpture by Ludmila Rodrigues
Artist, designer and movement researcher Ludmila Rodrigues merges architecture, time and public participation through choreographic objects and spatial interventions. In her performance at Escher in The Palace, she presents Polytope, an interactive sculpture composed of crisscrossed tetrahedrons that can be folded endlessly. Accompanied by live music by cellist Wen Chin Fu and dancer Boston Gallacher, the sculpture will come alive.
Time: continuously throughout the night
Photo: Fred Ernst
Escherpedia
Everything you always wanted to know about M.C. Escher, but did not dare to ask! Do you have a question about Escher? Have you been walking around with a burning question about the famous graphic artist? Do you think you know something, but are you not sure whether it is correct? Then come to our human Escherpedia on Museum Night. Our Escher experts will be on site to answer all the Escher questions you have always wanted to ask.
Time: continuously throughout the night
Photo: Fred Ernst
Workshop monoprint
From November onwards, Escher in The Palace will show the extraordinary prints of Julie de Graag. This contemporary of M.C. Escher was active during the period when Art Nouveau flourished and, like Escher, she had a great love of nature. By looking very closely, both artists were able to depict flowers, plants and animals in both detail and simplicity. In the workshop, you can create your own monoprint inspired by the beloved themes of Julie de Graag and M.C. Escher!
Time: continously throughout the night
Escher quiz
During Museum Night, you can ask all your questions about M.C. Escher at the Escherpedia. But maybe you don’t have any questions at all? Maybe you already know everything about him. Well, almost everything. Then this is your chance to show it off! Take part in the Escher quiz and test yourself. Answer the quizmaster’s questions and who knows, maybe you’ll remain the last one standing as the ultimate Escher connoisseur!
Time: 19.45, 20.45, 21.45, 22.30, 23.15
Walking DJ
Escher in The Palace is not just a palace for the arts. It is also a party palace! Especially during Museum Night. How exactly? Leave that to our walking DJ. He moves freely throughout the museum and takes the party atmosphere with him everywhere he goes.
Time: continously throughout the night
Escher for the blind and visually impaired
Several times a year, Escher in The Palace organises special guided tours for those who are blind or visually impaired. Before regular opening hours, between 09.30 and 11.00, we open our doors and take you on a tour of a number of masterpieces from the museum’s permanent exhibition. During the tour, specially trained guides talk about the life and work of Maurits Cornelis Escher. Our blind and visually impaired visitors get to know the artworks in an interactive way and they form an image based on feeling, hearing and imagining. Specially designed relief reproductions and props are used during the tour as an aid to experience the artworks even more intensively.
Several times a year, Escher in The Palace organises special guided tours for those who are blind or visually impaired. Before regular opening hours, between 09.30 and 11.00, we open our doors and take you on a tour of a number of masterpieces from the museum’s permanent exhibition. During the tour, specially trained guides talk about the life and work of Maurits Cornelis Escher. Our blind and visually impaired visitors get to know the artworks in an interactive way and they form an image based on feeling, hearing and imagining. Specially designed relief reproductions and props are used during the tour as an aid to experience the artworks even more intensively.
At night, when it is dark outside, the doors of museums in The Hague open especially for young cultural night owls. On Saturday 16 March between 5pm and 9pm, there will be a special programme full of cool activities on the theme of ‘Time Travel’. With one ticket, you can visit the most beautiful cultural locations in The Hague and Voorburg. Of course Escher in The Palace will participate again!
Maurits Cornelis Escher loved to travel. He often set out, wandering through inhospitable landscapes in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and Tunisia. By boat, by train, by bus, on a donkey, or simply on foot, Escher embarked on expeditions that took him everywhere. Armed with a camera and sketchbook, he mapped out each place. No mountain was too high, no valley too deep, no river too wide, and no distance too far.
Times
17.00-17.25
18.00-18.25
19.00-19.25
20.00-20.25
Discover the warm sounds of the handpan during a live performance amidst the works of Escher. Enjoy sparkling music that truly seems to come from another time. Relax and immerse yourself!
Faraway stories
Times
17.30-17.55
18.30-18.55
19.30-19.55
20.30-20.55
For Escher, everything always continues; he was fascinated by eternity. This is especially evident in his famous Metamorphoses. During Museum Night, the Thunder Elf brings Escher’s love for eternity to life. Based on the Metamorphoses of the Roman poet Ovid, he tells exciting stories. Join him on a journey back in time, accompanied by the beautiful sounds of a Celtic harp.
Design your own imaginary space
Times
17.15-18.00
18.15-19.00
19.15-20.00
20.15-21.00
Have you been inspired by all that time traveling through the palace? Join our workshop ‘Create your own imaginary space.’ Artist Inge Aanstoot will teach you how to make your own collage. Let yourself be inspired by Escher and other creators you encounter during Museum Night. Play, slide, and mirror to create your own world on paper!
Exploring with Escher
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Continuous
Are you ready for an expedition? Explore the world of Escher and learn how contemporary artists draw inspiration from his work. How? With our scavenger hunt! Navigate your way through the life and work of Escher and explore his fascinating artworks.
Escher for the blind and visually impaired
Several times a year, Escher in The Palace organises special guided tours for those who are blind or visually impaired. Before regular opening hours, between 09.30 and 11.00, we open our doors and take you on a tour of a number of masterpieces from the museum’s permanent exhibition. During the tour, specially trained guides talk about the life and work of Maurits Cornelis Escher. Our blind and visually impaired visitors get to know the artworks in an interactive way and they form an image based on feeling, hearing and imagining. Specially designed relief reproductions and props are used during the tour as an aid to experience the artworks even more intensively.
This edition is sold out.
Escher for the blind and visually impaired
Several times a year, Escher in The Palace organises special guided tours for those who are blind or visually impaired. Before regular opening hours, between 09.30 and 11.00, we open our doors and take you on a tour of a number of masterpieces from the museum’s permanent exhibition. During the tour, specially trained guides talk about the life and work of Maurits Cornelis Escher. Our blind and visually impaired visitors get to know the artworks in an interactive way and they form an image based on feeling, hearing and imagining. Specially designed relief reproductions and props are used during the tour as an aid to experience the artworks even more intensively.
This edition is sold out, please check the calendar for other options.
Create your own tessellation
M.C. Escher was fascinated, maybe even obsessed, by tessellations. He could puzzle for hours, days and months on the many ways a plane could be filled with repetitive figures.
Would you like to try this yourself? Now you can. On Wednesdays during school holidays, we organise a special workshop in which you can make your own tessellation!
The following applies to the workshop
For:
Adults and children
Number:
Up to 15 participants
Time:
Walk in from 12.30pm to 3.45pm
Costs:
Admission is free for paying visitors
Location:
Escher Atelier
Upcoming dates
30 April 2025
23 July 2025
30 July 2025
6 August 2025
13 August 2025
20 August 2025
27 August 2025
Create your own linocut
Would you like to learn more about graphic art, and what makes the work of M.C. Escher so special? During our linocut workshop, you will make your own graphic work. Every Sunday afternoon you can join us.
The following applies to the workshop:
Age:
7-16 years
Number:
Up to 10 children
Registration:
Via the registration list in the museum, at the Atelier
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