Exhibition archive

Escher in The Palace is housed in the former winter palace of Queen Emma, the Queen Mother. In Emma: Savior of Orange, a photo exhibition from her time in The Hague could be seen. In 1878, King Willem III married Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia, Princess of Waldeck − Pyrmont, 41 years younger. She was 20 years old at the time.

In 2008, Escher in The Palace was the first to exhibit the hats that were worn that year during Prinsjedag (Prince's Day). All female ministers and state secretaries and many members of the Senate and House of Representatives lent their hats for this exhibition in the Ballroom.

In the summer of 2007, Escher in The Palace was the guest location for the sculpture exhibition The Hague Sculpture. That year, the exhibition was focused on Australia, Down Under. The palace exhibited work by Australian artists Ron Mueck, Natascha Johns-Messenger and Ah Xian.

Sietse Bakker is a woodcarver, just like M.C. Escher was. Within a print, Bakker often combines the woodcut with the linocut. He makes his own paint and is a craftsman.

In November 2005 the painter, graphic artist, printer and teacher Herman Geerdink passed away at the age of 54. Escher in The Palace, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Gallery AdK, made an exhibition of Geerdink's final linocuts.