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The Grand Staircase

Exhibition The Grand Staircase, if walls could talk. About the second-largest painting of the Netherlands in the heart of the palace. On view now until 30 August.

Figures in a painting. Three men engaged in conversation, one of whom is pointing to the left.

Details of the painting. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Five slats featuring an image of the painting and the staircase.

The Grand Staircase. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
two slats featuring an image of the painting and the staircase.

The Grand Staircase. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Detail of a painting with a riverbank in the background and trees in the foreground.

Details of the Grand Staircase. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Staircase with a painted wall depicting Ottoman figures and panoramic views.

Total view of south and west wall. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
People seated on a bench and standing near a display case and paintings on the wall.

Overview of The Grand Staircase, if walls could talk. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Exhibition space with a grand staircase featuring a red carpet runner and a painted wall.

The Grand Staircase, if walls could talk. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Open maquette of a 17th-century reception hall in the display case.

Model of the historic, no longer existing, Ambassador's Staircase of Versailles. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Two paintings and prints on the wall, with a display case containing an open book and letters.

Details of The Grand Staircase, if walls could talk. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
People walking past lamellae with a projection of a painting featuring Ottoman figures.

The Grand Staircase, if walls could talk. Photo: Paleis Het Loo

State of Wander

Contemporary art exhibition until 27 September.

Blue table featuring clay animals, enclosed by fences and towers.

Bryony Dunne - Tables of Power - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Edward Clydesdale Thomson’s artwork *home/host* on the forecourt of Het Loo Palace

Edward Clydesdale Thomson and stichting landfall - home/host - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Two female visitors are taking part in the audio tour ‘Foreign beasts and other rarities’ through the gallery on the eastern route of Het Loo Palace.

Terike Haapoja - Foreign Beasts and Other Rarities- photo: Paleis Het Loo
A female visitor is standing by the artwork *Salt of Interest* with a *State of Wander* booklet near the little kitchen cellar

Antye Gunther – Salt of Interest - photo: Paleis Het Loo
An artwork in the form of a monitoring station in the gardens.

Jan Christian Schulz – Biophony of Het Loo - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Two people looking at a peep box on the roof, with the gardens in the background.

Clemens Driessen & Teodora Cecilia Buccilli - Unboxing the Sovereign Gaze - photo: Paleis Het Loo
The scent installation ‘Diana’ by Marianna Maruyama, consisting of a block of stone with small, broken-off blocks arranged vertically on top of it

Marianna Maruyama – Diana - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Visitors walking past Caitlin Berrigan’s artwork *Diamonds* and reading books about slavery in the grand foyer

Caitlin Berrigan - 1,311 Diamonds - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Two mannequins dressed in clothing next to a TV screen.

Gayatri Kodikal – Searching for Lost Seeds - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Wooden structure in the garden, with Paleis Het Loo in the background

Rob Voerman - W. - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Woman walking past the State of Wander information panel.

State of Wander information point - photo: Paleis Het Loo

The House of Orange

The history of the House of Orange in a fixed presentation.

The paintings and objects in the exhibition De Oranjes

The House of Orange. photo: Paleis Het Loo
The 'public and private' part of De Oranjes exhibition

Public and private. photo: Paleis Het Loo
Presentation about how the color orange is linked to De Oranjes

The House of Orange. photo: Paleis Het Loo
Dutch royal family | Paleis Het Loo

Dutch royal family tree. photo: Paleis Het Loo

The House of Orange. photo: Paleis Het Loo
Various images of people who have received knighthoods and awards

Orders and Decorations. photo: Paleis Het Loo
Award knight 1st class with plaque

The Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau. photo: Paleis Het Loo
Awards in the Military Order of William

The Military William Order. photo: Paleis Het Loo
Order of the Sacred Treasure

The Order of the Sacred Treasure. photo: Paleis Het Loo
Explanation of what a knighthood is with portraits of knighted persons

Orders and Decorations. photo: Paleis Het Loo

Gardens

Paleis Het Loo in spring and summer

Palace and gardens Paleis Het Loo

Palace and gardens birdseye view_ Paleis Het Loo
The Globe Fountain and the Arion Cascade, photographed from the lower garden

Bloom in the palace gardens. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Das Schloss, gesehen von den Gärten aus, mit Springbrunnen im Vordergrund

Palace gardens with the King's Fountain. Photo: Paleis Het Loo

Gardens at Paleis Het Loo. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Colonnades with garden parterres in the foreground

Palace garden and colonnades. Photo: Paleis Het Loo

Palace garden symmetry. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Wooden passageway of the Queen's Garden covered in leaves with the sun shining through it

Queen's Garden. Photo: Paleis Het Loo
The gold leaf fence as the back entrance to Paleis Het Loo

Golden fence - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Blooming flowers in the palace garden with the colonnades in the background

Flowers in spring. Photo: Paleis Het Loo

Flowers in spring, with the palace in the background. Photo: Paleis Het Loo

Palace

The front of Paleis Het Loo with the bassecour

bassecour - Photo: Paleis Het Loo

from the garden - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
The gold leaf fence as the back entrance to Paleis Het Loo

golden fence - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
The grand staircase of Paleis Het Loo with the mural in the background designed by Daniel Marot and painted by Robert Duval

grand staircase - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Bedchambre princess Mary

princess Mary's bedroom - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Mary II's bedroom

queen Mary II’s bedroom - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Queen Wilhelmina’s drawing room at Paleis Het Loo

queen Wilhelmina's drawing room - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Painting gallery with paintings on the wall, chandeliers, and furniture along the walls.

gallery - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Special light on the marble and woodwork in the grand foyer

Grand foyer - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
The stairs from the grand foyer to the palace

Staircase to the palace - Photo: Paleis Het Loo

Junior Palace

Playing and working together in the Junior Palace

A woman uses Kingsta, the Junior Palace's social medium

Junior Palace Kingsta - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Dressed-up children laugh and wave from the balcony scene in the Junior Palace

The balcony scene - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Fragrances in the fragrance department of the Junior Palace

Junior Palace Fragrance Office - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Children make a bouquet in the Junior Palace

Junior Palace Floral Affairs Office - photo: Paleis Het Loo
A girl dusts a lamp in the Junior Palace

Junior Palace Value Matters Office - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Children can prepare a feast in the kitchen affairs office in the Junior Palace

Junior Palace Kitchen Affairs Office - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Children can play with valuable things in the valuables office in Paleis Het Loo

Junior Palace Value Matters Office - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Children can feel like king or queen in the world affairs office of the Junior Palace

Junior Palace World Affairs Office - photo: Paleis Het Loo
Children can dress up in the costume shops of the Junior Palace

Junior Palace Uitdoszaken Office - Photo: Paleis Het Loo
Children can cook, bake and eat in the mini shops of the Junior Palace

Junior Palace Mini Affairs Office - Photo: Paleis Het Loo

Organization

Managing Director Frans van der Avert is sitting on a bench in the grand foyer

Frans van der Avert, director Paleis Het Loo