Pictures of some of the instruments on display from the vast collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Many western and ethnic acoustic instruments originate from the collection Scheurleer. The majority of the electroacoustic and electronic musical instruments are in loan from the Electronic Musical Instruments Foundation, founded by Hein Harder.

Piano owned by the Dutch Royal Family, build for Lodewijk Napoleon around the year 1800

Beautifully crafted harps from the nineteenth century

Javanese gamelan instruments

An impressive Javanese gong

African drums sculpted with hunting scenes

A corner of one of the three synthesizer rooms

The RCA Theremin

Ondioline by George Jenny

Part of a typical electronic studio setup from the fifties and sixties

Photo copyrights Gemeentemuseum Den Haag