On this day in
1544 Torquato Tasso, Italian poet of the late Renaissance, was born in Sorrento
1819 French ballet dancer and choreographer Marius Petipa was born in Marseille
1921 Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer, was born

The Hague Museum of Photography opened its doors in December 2002. It is part of the Gemeentemuseum The Hague and works closely with the Print Room of Leiden University Library. Every year the museum organises around six exhibitions covering a wide range of periods, disciplines and genres in the history of photography, often focusing on the human figure.
http://www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/
Stadhouderslaan 43 2517 HV The Hague - Netherlands
Hours Tuesday - Sunday, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Admission: under-18s and Museumkaart free / adults: € 5 / CJP, students/ 65 pass: € 3

GEM displays every kind of art being produced at international, national and local level. Its groundbreaking solo and group exhibitons throw light on new trends in contemporary art
http://www.gem-online.com
Stadhouderslaan 43 2517 HV The Hague The Netherlands
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 12 pm - 6 pm
Admissions: GEM & Museum of Photography adults € 5 / concessions € 3

This Municipal Museum (Dutch: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag) was built by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world. His last work, Victory Boogie-Woogie, is on display here.
http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl
Stadhouderslaan 41 2517 HV Den Haag Netherlands
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11 am - 5 pm
Admission: Adults: € 8 / concessions € 6 and € 4

The new Groninger Museum (1994) is not merely a casing for art, it is a work of art in itself, a principle that is occurring to an increasing extent in contemporary (museum) architecture. It is an artwork in the centre of the city, traversed by public space where passers-by are directly confronted by all kinds of works of art.
Foto by Ralph Richter Klein
http://www.groningermuseum.nl
Museumeiland 1 9711 ME Groningen
P.O. Box 90 9700 ME Groningen Netherlands
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday and holidays from 10 AM - 5 PM. As of 2008 the museum shall be open on Friday nights till 10 PM
Closed on Mondays.
Admission fees: Adults 10 € / Cultural Youth Pass / 65+/ Students 9€

The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis was a state museum until it was privatised in 1995. The collection of old Dutch and Flemish masters is given the greatest care and attention. It is indeed remarkable to find a top-notch collection of seventeenth-century paintings housed in a seventeenth-century palace. The museum mounts one to two exhibitions every year; its own collection always forms the basis of these presentations. The Mauritshuis opens its doors to everyone by providing instructive and easily accessible information.
http://www.mauritshuis.nl
Korte Vijverberg 8, The Hague - Netherlands
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm / Sundays and holidays 11am to 5pm
1 April - 1 September also open on Mondays from 10am to 5pm
Admission: € 9,50 incl. audiotour

The Museum presents a wide-ranging collection of paintings, sculpture, prints, decorative arts and industrial design from the fourteenth century to the present. Wandering through its galleries you will journey through the history of art, from the Middle Ages until the present day. The collections are striking in their diversity, housing old master and modern paintings alongside product design and the applied arts, and encompassing the full range of media from painting and sculpture, prints and drawings to photography, video and film. There are unique pieces and items that have been mass produced in their hundreds, thousands or even millions.
http://www.boijmans.nl/
Museumpark 18-20 3015 CX Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hours: Tuesdays to Sundays, 11 am to 5 pm
Closed on Mondays
Admission: general 9 € / Museum card holders and under 18 Free Entrance
Wednesday Free Entrance

The house where Rembrandt lived between 1639 and 1658 is a museum: Museum het Rembrandthuis or the Rembrandt House Museum. The collection as it now stands provides an almost complete overview of Rembrandt’s graphic work: 260 of the 290 etchings he made are represented.
http://www.rembrandthuis.nl
Jodenbreestraat 4 1011 NK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hours: Monday - Sunday: 10 am - 5pm/ Friday: 10 am - 9 pm
Admission charges: Adults: € 7,50 / Children under age 6: free

While the restoration of the main building is underway, the Rijksmuseum is displaying the crème de la crème of its permanent collection in the newly furnished Philips Wing. "Rijksmuseum, The Masterpieces" offers the unique opportunity to view all the highlights of the Golden Age in one place.
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl
Jan Luijkenstraat 1, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Opening hours: Every day from 9 am to 6 am / Fridays from 9 am 10 pm
Admission: Adults: € 10 / concession € 8

Until October 1, 2008 the temporary location Stedelijk Museum CS is located at the 2nd and 3rd floor of the Post CS-building, close to Central Station. Please notice: Only exhibitions on art and design after 1968 are to be seen in the Stedelijk Museum CS. The climatological circumstances of this temporary location unfortunately make it impossible to show our classic modern highlights from the collection. These are back on show in our new building at the Museumplein, opening the end of 2009.
http://www.stedelijk.nl/
Oosterdokskade 5, 1011 AD
Hours: daily from 10 am to 6 pm
Please notice: The Stedelijk Museum at Paulus Potterstraat (Museumsquare) is closed until the end of 2008. The temporary location is located at the 2nd and 3rd floor of the Post CS-building, close to Central Station
Admission: general € 9 / concessions € 4,50

The Amstelhof building is one of the finest examples of monumental classicist architecture in Amsterdam. The Hermitage Amsterdam is a dependency of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg.
http://www.hermitage.nl/
Nieuwe Herengracht 14, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hours: Daily 10 am -5 pm / Closed on Queen’s Day (29 April 2006)
Admission: Adults € 7 / Children up to 16 free

The Van Gogh Museum houses the world’s largest collection of work by Vincent van Gogh. In addition to work by Van Gogh, the museum has a rich and varied collection of other 19th-century art. The artists represented include Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and others: Van Gogh’s friends and contemporaries, those who inspired him, and those who drew inspiration from him.
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl
Paulus Potterstraat 7- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Opening times: daily 10 am. - 6 pm/ Friday 10 am - 10 pm
Admission: Adults € 12,50 / 13-17 years: € 2,50