Museum Meermanno - Home of the book - The Hague

 

Handwritten on parchment, Gent 1366, Gothic book script



Garden

This museum ones was the private collection of three persons which lived from 1722-1848. After this period they gave it to the state. They transformed it into a museum. The books are from the 6^th century until present, in an original 19^th century museum facility. They also have stuff from ancient Greece, Roman, Egypt.