For one season the Mauritshuis and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid are swapping 25 masterpieces each. That means The Hague gets a rare visit from works by Jan van Eyck, El Greco, Bronzino, Piero della Francesca, Dürer and Antonello da Messina, without you needing a flight to Spain.
Highlights include Van Eyck’s Annunciation Diptych and Michael Sweerts’ Boy with a Turban, which is shown in the same museum as Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring. The Mauritshuis is small enough to see properly in a couple of hours.
- When: Thursday 15 October 2026 to Sunday 17 January 2027
- Where: Mauritshuis, Plein 29, Den Haag
- Tickets: included with a museum ticket, book online; the Museumkaart is valid
- Getting there: direct trains run from Haarlem and Amsterdam to Den Haag Centraal, then it is about a 10 minute walk.
Good to know: guided tours of the exhibition run on selected afternoons and can be booked online.
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