The palace is closed until 2021 due to renovation.
On 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.
Director Michel van Maarseveen closes the gates to the palace. Let the Renewal & Renovation begin! Photo: ANP – L. van Lieshout
The 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!
The 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.
A 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.
Three 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…
The second timelapse of the renewal and renovation of Paleis Het Loo. Recorded in February and March 2018.
The 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.
Project 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.
The 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!
This timelapse contains footage of the preparations being made in September 2018.
The dry, upper layer of sand is being removed. After this, the real digging can begin!
An exciting part of the Renovation and Expansion: the temporary foundation of the palace!
The concrete floor of the underground expansion has been poured under water! Project manager Jorden explains the process in this video.
The underwater concrete was poured last month. Watch the timelapse.
Head 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?
The renewal and renovation started in 2018. A lot of work has been done in the past two years!
A 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 of the underground expansion under the Bassecour is almost done!
Another special discovery has been made in the palace. Chief curator Johan de Haan shows the shards of 17th-century glassware.
In this video you will be guided by the project leaders, contractors, specialists and craftsmen who work on the palace renovation day after day.
As 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.
The crane has been disassembled and removed. The remaining hole in the renewed Bassecour has been closed with a concrete slab.
Paleis Het Loo is not 'just' a palace, it is a museum with gardens and a Stables Square!
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