I used to work in a museum before I retired. The best plan would be to contact (well in advance of your visit) the curator in charge of the instrument collection and ask if an arrangement can be made for you to view them when you visit den Haag. Curators are usually happy to help if the collection is reasonably accessible. That, after all, is what museums are for.
Bill From: David van Ooijen <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> To: lutelist Net <Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 10:40 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gemeentemuseum lutes? The musical instrument collection of the Gemeentemuseum is not accessible, for many years now. There used to be a fair number of instruments on display, even used in concerts (I remember the collascione we played in an opera production some 20+ years ago), but they are kept in storage now. The museum focuses on modern art, paintings mostly, costumes and pictures. A shame, as there is no musical instrument museum in The Netherlands (apart form a private collection you can visit somewhere in the North) and the collection of the Gemeentemuseum is very good. David On 24 July 2013 00:31, <[1]theoj89...@aol.com> wrote: > I will be near den Haag, NL, in September. The Gemeentemuseum looks to have a good collection of lutes, but does anyone know if there are any on display? Would it be worth spending a day to visit the museum, if my main goal is to view the lute collection? Thanks- > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [3]davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. mailto:theoj89...@aol.com 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com
