The Hague - Museum Meermanno

(Local Name: Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum) South of the Puppet Museum can be found the Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, housing a collection bequeathed to the state by Baron W. H. J. van Westreenen van Tiellandt (d. 1848). This is essentially a museum of the book, with 340 illuminated manuscripts and numbers of early printed books (e.g. Blaeu's Atlas), but the collection also includes ancient vases and sculpture and rarities from China and Japan - illustrating the range of interest of an early 19th century collector. There is also a section (established 1960) devoted to modern printing.