Keramiekmuseum Princessehof
The Dutch National Ceramics Museum, with Chinese and Japanese porcelain and Delftware. It is also the birthplace of M. C. Escher.
The Princessehof was originally the city palace of Marie Louise, widow of an 18th-century Orange prince. The printmaker M. C. Escher was born here in 1898. Today it is the Dutch National Ceramics Museum, with a large collection of Chinese export porcelain, Japanese Imari ware, Delftware and tiles, as well as contemporary ceramic art. Its Chinese export porcelain collection is of particular interest to Chinese visitors. It is open Tuesday to Sunday, admission costs about 15 euros, and it is only a hundred meters from the leaning tower.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 11:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Prinsentuin
- Nieuwestad & Canals
- Oldehove
- Natuurmuseum Fryslân
- Fries Museum
- De Waag Leeuwarden
- Us Mem
- Grote of Jacobijnerkerk