haags gemeentemuseum
We did a day trip to den hague when we were staying in amsterdam. Haags gemeentemuseum is a little bit outside the downtown and we took a tram to get there! It was a pleasant surprise! We really ended up enjoying the museum quite abit. We get there about ~2 hrs prior to closing. We first walked through the exhibit, Asian Art and Dutch Taste . It drew interesting connections of Art to the Asian culture. I had never noticed the influence of the culture. I loved how they highlighted the China and how the Dutch made changes and claimed it as their own. This included jewelry, clothes, furniture, and painting. We had to go to this museum since it had three paintings on 1001 Paintings list. Two for Piet Mondrian since he is Dutch (who knew?). One was a traditional classic landscape and the other were the geometric paintings. We learned quite a bit about the movement and the other players at the time. ...