Fotomuseum Den Haag
The Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague Museum of Photography) is a museum in the field of photography in The Hague. The museum was founded in 2002[1] as part of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and works closely with the Print Room of the Leiden University Library.
Established
Building[edit]
The museum is located next to the Kunstmuseum The Hague in the Schamhart Wing (1961-1962) designed by the architects Sjoerd Schamhart and J.F. Heijligers. This exhibition wing was built as an extension of the Haags Gemeentemuseum.
The Photo Museum was expanded from 400 to 1,000 square meters in 2016 at the expense of GEM for contemporary art museum, also located in the building. This created the opportunity and space, in addition to the work of established names in the photography world, to show smaller historical exhibitions and the work of promising emerging talent.
Annual photo price[edit]
From 2006 to 2015, the museum was associated with an important annual photo prize: the Silver Camera for press photography in the Netherlands. Also from 2009 to 2013, The Photo Academy Award was also associated with the Fotomuseum Den Haag.
Organization[edit]
The Photo Museum The Hague is part of the Kunstmuseum The Hague. The director is Benno Tempel, deputy director is Hans Buurman and the curator of the photo museum is Wim van Sinderen.[8][9]