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Greetings from the Little Red Car/We should not complain

This exhibition is on show in the lounge of the museum.

Eddy Posthuma de Boer

The First Photo of God Until 23 August 2020 “I’m searching for the world as it really is.” Eddy Posthuma de Boer (1931) has been obsessed with photography since the moment he picked up his first camera more than seventy years ago. He always carries his camera with him and works mainly on the street. Together with Ed van der Elsken and Johan van der Keuken, he is one of the most important post-war...

Eddy Posthuma de Boer

“I’m searching for the world as it really is.”

Eddy Posthuma de Boer (1931) has been obsessed with photography since the moment he picked up his first camera more than seventy years ago. He always carries his camera with him and works mainly on the street. Together with Ed van der Elsken and Johan van der Keuken, he is one of the most important post-war Dutch photographers. His oeuvre betrays a...

Being Human

Many artists have a muse. Movie directors perfect their craft working repeatedly with their favourite actors, while choreographers create some of their best works for a specific dancer. In some cases, the muse is a silent partner, the object of an artist’s intense and obsessive gaze; in others the work emerges from a partnership so close that it is unclear which is the artist and which is the muse...

Unexpected Encounters

Fotomuseum Den Haag was established in 2002 as part of Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Since the opening of the Fotomuseum, the Kunstmuseum’s photography collection, which now numbers more than seven thousand works, has been enlarged by numerous important gifts. Artists, private collectors and cultural institutions have entrusted beautiful photographs to the museum. Unexpected Encounters is an exhibition...

Borealis - Life in the Woods

The importance of forests to our planet is more apparent now than ever before. It is trees that filter our carbon emissions out of the atmosphere, and are thus a key weapon in our fight against climate change. Over the past four years photographer Jeroen Toirkens (b. 1971) and journalist and broadcaster Jelle Brandt Corstius (1978) visited forests in the boreal zone for their Borealis project...

Bear & Teddy

Many of us had a teddy bear as kids. A friend you took with you everywhere. You probably even gave it a name, like Bear or Teddy, making the relationship even more personal. So it is no surprise that in psychology a teddy bear is regarded as an important transition object, supporting the child as it explores the world. Helena van der Kraan (1940-2020) has photographed over two hundred teddy bears...

Helena van der Kraan - Bear & Teddy

Helena van der Kraan Bear & Teddy 1 June 2020 t/m 18 April 2021 Many of us had a teddy bear as kids. A friend you took with you everywhere. You probably even gave it a name, like Bear or Teddy, making the relationship even more personal. So it is no surprise that in psychology a teddy bear is regarded as an important transition object, supporting the child as it explores the world. Helena van der...

Frequently Asked Questions

Welcome to the Fotomuseum, we are very happy to welcome you into our building again. The traffic situation around the museum has temporarily changed due to construction work, making us less accessible by car. More information can be found on this page.

Helena van der Kraan died on her eightieth birthday

We were devastated to learn of the death of artist and photographer Helena van der Kraan (1940-2020). Helena died of cancer on the morning of Sunday 14 June, her eightieth birthday. Her beloved Axel was by her side.