The former winter palace of Queen Emma, the Queen Mother is a building bursting with history and stories. This audio tour will tell you all about the building, where Emma spent a sizeable proportion of her life. Discover more about the layout and usage of the former salons and other royal rooms and find out all kinds of special details about the building. The audio tour will guide you through the palace and enable you to soak up the regal atmosphere of this unique city palace on Lange Voorhout.
Each room on the ground floor and first floor of the museum has its own stop. The audio tour can be listened to free of charge through the izi.TRAVEL website and the app. You can also listen to it below. You can use your own headphones or purchase a set at our counter for €1.
Lange Voorhout Palace
Aubade in front of palace.
Emma, Christmas 1902. Photo: Royal Archives
70th birthday Emma standing on the balcony of Lange Voorhout Palace, 1928. Photo: Royal Archives
Emma walking with lady-in-waiting, 1913
General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits the palace, 6 October 1945
Staircase
Hans van Bentem’s chandelier in the central staircase
Staircase Palace Lange Voorhout, Max Koot, copyright Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst, collection Haags Gemeentearchief, 1964
Front Drawing Room
Rear Drawing Room
Ballroom
Ballroom
Painting above the door made by painter Willem Fabri
Painting above the door made by painter Willem Fabri
Parquet flooring Donald Judd
Photo: Gerrit Schreurs
Green Drawing Room
The Green Drawing Room
Serving Room
Dining Room
Wood carving
Library
Former library
Balcony Room
70th birthday Emma standing on the balcony of Lange Voorhout Palace, 1928. Photo: Royal Archives
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