The Best Sight in The Hague, Netherlands

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The Hague's center is crammed with the best the city has to offer in terms of art, history, and architecture. An exploration of a relatively small area will take you to the Binnenhof, home to the famous Ridderzaal or along the leafy Lange Voorhout for a stroll through what in the 19th century was the place to see and be seen. Venture a little farther afield and you’ll come upon the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, where works by Vermeer and other masters usually hanging in the Mauritshuis are on view.

Museon-Omniversum

Museon claims to be "the most fun-packed popular science museum in the Netherlands," and perhaps they're right. Permanent exhibitions center on the origin of the universe and evolution, nature, and the environment, with hands-on, interactive displays, frequent special exhibitions, and regular children's workshops.

The adjoining Omniversum "One Planet Dome" IMAX theater shows a rotating program of film spectaculars, mostly with nature-based and environmental themes, on a screen six stories high—your museum entry ticket includes one showing. For showings when the Museon is closed (separate tickets are sold), use the side entrance at Pres. Kennedylaan 5.

Museon-Omniversum is also right next door to the Kunstmuseum, so you can easily combine a visit to both.

Children's Museum Family
Stadhouderslaan 37, The Hague, 2517 HV, Netherlands
070-338–1338
www.museon-omniversum.nl
Sight Details
€17 (including one Omniversum film); separate Omniversum showings €8
Closed Mon. (Museon)

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