Paleis Het Loo is closed
The palace is closed due to renovation. The gardens and stables are open from 3 April until 26 September.
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The palace in 2021
Read moreOn 7 March 2017 the final design was presented. A number of residential rooms in the palace will also be arranged differently. From 2021, visitors will enter the palace by the Grand Staircase, just as the former royal residents did. Several rooms in the servants quarters will be furnished and opened for the first time.
The door is locked
Read moreDirector Michel van Maarseveen closes the gates to the palace. Let the Renewal & Renovation begin! Photo: ANP – L. van Lieshout
Removal of objects
Read moreThe removal of the 170,000 objects of the palace has begun! The objects will be stored in a temporary depot. By Easter, the palace will be empty!
Clearing the Bassecour
Read moreThe clearing of the Bassecour has started with the removal of the grass. Also the boulders have been removed, with a total of 25 cubic metres. And a start has been made with disassembling the Dolphins fountain.
Archaeological finds on the Bassecour
Read moreA Roman coin, the foundations of a 17th century fountain and pottery of four thousand years old. The ground beneath the Bassecour is full of archaeological finds. In the following weeks, archaeologists will trying to dig and capture traces of earlier habitation.
Removal of the last object
Read moreThree months after Director Michel van Maarseveen symbolically locked the front door, Paleis Het Loo is empty. On 15 March the last object, a 19th century rug from King Willem II, was carefully packed. Having completed the removal of more than 160,000 objects a new phase begins; the renovation! Want another glimpse of what it…
Timelapse – removal of the gate
Read moreThe second timelapse of the renewal and renovation of Paleis Het Loo. Recorded in February and March 2018.
Timelapse – preparation digging
Read moreThe fourth timelapse of the Renewal & Renovation of Paleis Het Loo is recorded in April and May of 2018. It shows the underground concrete walls being completed. To be able to start digging the walls are first anchored.
The beginning
Read moreProject manager Jorden Hagenbeek fills you in on everything that has been done and what is to come in the future regarding the renovation and expansion.
Contours of the underground expansion
Read moreThe underground walls are ready and the countours of the new expansion are visible. The last few anchors are being placed and then we can start digging!
Timelapse – Preparations
Read moreThis timelapse contains footage of the preparations being made in September 2018.
Layer of sand removal
Read moreThe dry, upper layer of sand is being removed. After this, the real digging can begin!
Temporary foundation
Read moreAn exciting part of the Renovation and Expansion: the temporary foundation of the palace!
Underwater concrete
Read moreThe concrete floor of the underground expansion has been poured under water! Project manager Jorden explains the process in this video.
Timelapse – Underwater concrete
Read moreThe underwater concrete was poured last month. Watch the timelapse.
Discovery in cabinet William 4
Read moreHead curator Johan de Haan explains how the interior of the palace can be seen as a kit. And who is that ‘A.B.’ on the back of the chimney paneling?
Two years in one minute!
Read moreThe renewal and renovation started in 2018. A lot of work has been done in the past two years!
The palace is free of asbestos
Read moreA year before Dutch National Heritage buildings should be free of asbestos, Paleis Het Loo can proudly say the largest asbestos removal of the Netherlands has successfully been completed. For the removal of a total area of more than 4,500 m2 of asbestos, the historical interiors have been partly, some totally, disassembled by experts and…
The roof is almost finished
Read moreThe roof of the underground expansion under the Bassecour is almost done!
17th century glass found
Read moreAnother special discovery has been made in the palace. Chief curator Johan de Haan shows the shards of 17th-century glassware.
Tour of the construction site
Read moreIn this video you will be guided by the project leaders, contractors, specialists and craftsmen who work on the palace renovation day after day.
Removal of elevator and stairs
Read moreAs the Bassecour is almost restored and the elevator shaft has been installed in the palace, it was time to remove the elevator and stairs. Previously, visitors could still access the palace roof via the temporary construction lift and stairs. In the coming season; the palace roof is no longer accessible.
Removal crane
Read moreThe crane has been disassembled and removed. The remaining hole in the renewed Bassecour has been closed with a concrete slab.
Wall panelling installed
Read moreSince all the required wiring and piping (for the safety and preservation of the palace and the Paleis Het Loo collection) has been installed, specialist construction companies are reinstalling the original wooden wall panels and floorboards.
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Museum Paleis Het Loo
Paleis Het Loo is not 'just' a palace, it is a museum with gardens and a Stables Square!
About the museum