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Municipal Museum (Gemeentemuseum) description and photos - Netherlands: The Hague. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Gemeentemuseum.

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The Municipal Museum is the art museum of the city of The Hague. It was opened to the public in 1935 in a purpose built building. The architectural design of the building was carried out by the famous Dutch architect Hendrik Berlage. The museum was founded in 1912, when the City Council of The Hague decided to establish the Municipal Museum and appointed its director. Construction and opening were postponed for many years, first due to the First World War, then due to financial problems.

The museum collection consists of several large sections. In the section of contemporary art, viewers can see works by both foreign artists - Degas, Monet, Picasso - and Dutch ones. The Hague Museum is proud to have the most complete collection of works by Piet Mondrian, who, along with Kandinsky and Malevich, is the founder of abstractionism. He also stood at the origins of the De Stijl (Style) movement, which had a great influence on the development of both Dutch and world art.

The posters section contains more than 50,000 pieces of posters, posters and drawings made in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The arts and crafts collection includes ceramics, glass, silver and furniture. These exhibits are grouped in different rooms dedicated to specific styles and eras.

The section on fashion history presents samples of clothing, accessories, jewelry and printed products. It exhibits works by both contemporary fashion designers and recognized classics of fashion - Gabrielle Chanel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, etc. In this section, expositions are updated more often than others, because for reasons of preservation, antique fabrics, etc. cannot be kept outside special storage conditions for a long time.

Another very interesting section of the museum is the section of musical instruments and a music library.

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