Wednesday 28 January 2009

The Museum of the Book, Den Haag


Postmark illegible, dated 24 December 2008.

Museum van het Boek
Impressie van de Boekzaal / Impression of the "Boekzaal"
Den Haag, Meermanno Westreenianum

This has to be one of my favourite cards - all those books!  Bliss!

This museum, the Museum Meermanno, is housed in an 18th century town-house in The Hague.  The former owner of the house left it and his collection of books to the state.  It opened to the public in 1852.

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9 comments:

  1. What a wonderful postcard. Can you imagine pulling those books out to look at all they contain. Heaven!

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  2. How super. I wish I'd known about that on my brief visit to The Hague when my daughter was working there. She was there for a few months but never mentioned it. Actually she never did get as book mad as I am so I guess it wouldn't have interested her.

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  3. Wow. Book nirvana it is.

    Oh, and by the way, you're tagged :)

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  4. Old books look beautiful. I bet no-one's allowed to touch them :( Whenever I visit stately homes I love to see the library.

    My bookshelf is ugly. There are spines of every imaginable colour :(

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  5. You hit the nail on the head! That is pure bliss. I can almost smell the learning and history!

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  6. This card proves that there is no such thing as too many books. It looks like my house!

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  7. Thanks everyone, it is a great one!
    Sandra, I don't myself find it ugly to have assorted books. I love the different splashes of colour. I'm sure you're right though, that nobody is allowed touch those.
    Chis, you and me both!

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