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Escher in Het Paleis

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This museum was one of Jason's picks for our visit to the Hague.  We really enjoyed the Escher in Het Paleis .  It was so very interesting.  I find that I have really been enjoying the small museums focused on one artist lately.  They may not be your best bang for the buck, but they sure are a great size and wonderful to see the progression of an artist.  I had no idea that Escher did all of these sketches/paintings. Aren't these so cool?  The tessellations are fascinating.  I remember learning them in middle school, in particular his fish ones.   The museum is also pretty interesting to walk through.  It is a former palace of the Netherlands monarchy.  The former queen used to live in this palace and it is the only one open to the public.   One thing that irritated me a smidge was that they charged you to pictures in the slanted floor room.  Like, we didn't pay to get in... It was interesting to see his t...