As I child I loved puppets. Their little faces fascinated me and I even built my own wooden puppet as part of a primary school project. It is for this reason that I was particularly excited [Read More]
A medieval key was recently unearthed during excavations at the new Rotterdamsebaan road in The Netherlands. This iron key was excavated from ancient canals that were once found in the area. Although the exact house to accompany the key [Read More]
Open Monuments Day 2014 / Open Monumentendag (part of The Hague Heritage Days) took place in Den Haag, Netherlands on the 13 – 14 September. This was a very special event geared towards locals, expats and tourists [Read More]
The Gemeentemuseum in The Hague will be exhibiting Mark Rothko’s works from the 20th September this year through to the 18th January 2015.Rothko was one of the pioneer’s of modern art and his works are known for their [Read More]
A Rembrandt self-portrait dating back 379 years has recently been verified as the real deal, according to the UK’s Daily Mail. In 1968, Rembrandt expert Horst Gerson together with the Rembrandt Research Project doubted the authenticity of this work of [Read More]
Delhi’s Museum of Toilets (Sulabh International Museum of Toilets) aims to preserve the artistic, scientific and cultural importance of sanitation. The museum was recently featured on the World’s Weirdest Museums List and this is understandably so. The [Read More]
The Hague Sculpture Festival, an open air annual exhibition begins on the 6th June until the 31st August 2014. This year visitors will once again flock to the beautiful Lange Voorhout to view these incredible works [Read More]
The Museum for Communication in The Hague, Netherlands was recently awarded a Silver European Design Award for a stamp exhibition entitled XXS Dutch Design. The exhibition, opened last year November by King Willem Alexander, demonstrates the [Read More]
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently purchased a death mask by Han van Meegeren, a master forger of Vermeer. The museum spent €300 on the mask made of plaster (but painted in such a way that it resembles bronze). [Read More]
The famous Charlie Chaplin spent his last years in the Lake Geneva district of Switzerland. Four of his children have now joined forces to launch a brand new museum called Chaplin’s World. The museum building will [Read More]
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