Alterations
Paleis Het Loo became a museum 37 years ago: a museum that was once a house, a summer residence and a home. Major alteration work was necessary to ensure that the collection and the palace remain in good condition. The climate control system needed replacing, asbestos had to be removed, and we also took the opportunity to install lifts and WiFi.
Restauration
Paleis Het Loo became a museum 37 years ago: a museum that was once a house, a summer residence and a home. Major alteration work was necessary to ensure that the collection and the palace remain in good condition. The climate control system needed replacing, asbestos had to be removed, and we also took the opportunity to install lifts and WiFi.
Refurbishment
The wood of the floors is now visible again, as it was in the 17th century. Chandeliers now light the spaces in which they hang with LED bulbs – bang up to date. The collection is now back in the palace – the place that tells the history of the Dutch royal family.
Revamped
This was how the idea to revamp the museum came about, to create a place that brings old and new together. A place where history has been made, and continues to be made.
The design by Dikkie Scipio, KAAN Architects of Rotterdam was eventually chosen for the revamped museum. The design uses the symmetry of Paleis Het Loo. Beneath the forecourt, 5000m2 of extra space has been created to expand the museum. A glass roof admits daylight into the new space. The extension provides a logical place for all the museum’s functions and facilities, with more space for exhibitions, reception rooms and a shop.
Visitors will be able to enter the palace from this underground space, see the permanent exhibit on the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange, in the east wing, or visit our shop and restaurants. Kids will have their very own ‘Junior Palace’ in the west wing.
The underground expansion will open to the public in 2023.
