Escher in the Palace Art Museum, The Hague

Escher in the Palace is an art museum in The Hague where you will come to know the paintings, woodcut prints, illustrations, and life of M. C. Escher, a Dutch graphical artist. His works are strange and wonderful, and you will enriched by them! Scientifically-minded people will love Escher's works, as they are quite exacting and interesting. 

The palace, built in 1760 and owned by Dutch royalty after 1848, is also a wonderful place to visit, with its elegant interior and its location in Lange Voorhout, a square full of trees galore.
I liked learning that Escher lived in Italy for thirteen years, traveling to stunning places on the Italian coast and Moorish buildings in Spain, and gained much inspiration from the high heights of the architecture balanced on the edges of cliffs. In Italy and Spain, he made lifelike works of the interesting vertical perspectives he saw. Sadly, he had to leave fascist Italy in 1935, lived for two years in Switzerland where his wife was from, then Belgium which he had to flee during World War II, and then returned to Holland. In his time spent living in Holland and Switzerland, he found the countryside to be quite boring, and had to retreat into imagined scenes to gain inspiration. This is when he made some of his wackiest works.
Escher was left-handed, just like many other famous artists: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Durer and Holbein.
I like this quote about Escher: "They have called him a mathematician, because he uses geometric solids in many of his works. They might also call him a photographer, because of the precision of his exact realism; or a surrealist, for his surprising juxtapositions; or a visionary, because of his use of monsters and dragons; or an. architect, for his carefully rendered facades and buildings. He is all of these things, and one thing more: an artist."
Escher in the Palace is a much more interesting museum than Maurithuis, which displays mostly dark Dutch still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, and is just around the corner.
After, eat outside under the trees at one of the cafes on Lange Voorhout. We ate at Posthoorn- it serves enjoyable Indonesian food.
Binnenhof Castle, a 13th century gothic castle, is a short walk away, as is Het Plein, a vibrant square with cafes.

Directions

Escher in the Palace Museum is located at Lange Voorhout 74, Den Haag, Netherlands. 
Open daily 11-5. 
Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for teens, $6 for children aged 7-12.

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