In 2022, it will be two hundred years since the Mauritshuis first opened its doors to the public. The museum will be celebrating its bicentenary with special exhibitions and events throughout the year. The exhibition In Full Bloom opens on 16 February with the finest flower still lifes from the period 1600-1725. To coincide with the opening, the façade of the Mauritshuis will also be adorned with an ‘impossible bouquet’ of flowers. During the summer, photographers – both established names and new talent – will be taking inspiration from the Mauritshuis collection and building.
The summer months will also see the first outdoor Street Art museum, with large murals based on the collection in various locations around The Hague. And no fewer than 200 writers have also been inspired, each contributing a piece based on a work of art in the Mauritshuis to the book Pen Meets Paint. The year concludes with an exhibition of Dutch masters from the 17th century in collaboration with The Frick Collection in New York.
2022 celebrates the inspiration that for the past 200 years the world-famous collection at the Mauritshuis has provided for countless art lovers, visitors and artists around the world.