Museon - Museum

Museon-Omniversum in The Hague is a science and culture museum for the whole family, combined with the Omniversum dome theatre. Its themes are the Earth, people and sustainability.

What can you expect at Museon-Omniversum?

• History: Newspaper publisher Frits van Paasschen founded the museum in 1904 as an educational museum. In 1984 the Omniversum opened as Europe's first IMAX dome theatre, and in 1985 the new building on the Stadhouderslaan followed. Since 2022 they have formed Museon-Omniversum together.
• Exhibitions: Seventeen themed galleries cover music, climate, water, space and nature. The exhibition MUSIC! Move. Feel. Connect. runs into 2027.
• Highlights: Highlights of Museon-Omniversum are:
  • The dome theatre, the largest in the Benelux, with an 840 square metre dome screen.
  • The One Planet exhibition on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Practical information

• Opening hours: Open daily during the day; the dome theatre also opens Thursday to Sunday evenings for planetarium shows, concerts and films.
• Ideal for: Mainly for families with children aged about 4 to 12. There is a restaurant and a shop, and the museum is wheelchair accessible.
• Surroundings: Next door are the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and the Fotomuseum.

Museon-Omniversum makes science exciting and easy to grasp for young and old.

Furthermore Museon is near the following sights: Art Museum The Hague (±50 m), Omniversum (±80 m), Fotomuseum Den Haag (±150 m), Peace Palace (±1,0 km) & Mesdag Collectie (±1,2 km).

For information

Stadhouderslaan 37, Den Haag
tel. +31 703 381 338 
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