Ceramic Museum Princessehof, the Netherlands

The Princessehof museum is the only ceramic museum in the Netherlands, established in 1917 by founder Nanne Ottema. It is housed in the 18th-century city palace of Mary Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Princess of Orange-Nassau, ancestor of the current Dutch king, in Leeuwarden.

The museum houses around 35,000 objects, with an emphasis on Asian, European and contemporary ceramics. It owns the largest and most varied collection of Chinese porcelain in the Netherlands, plus a rich overview of Dutch Art Nouveau and Art Deco ceramics (1880-1930), including Chinese Imperial porcelain and a sculpture by Karel Appel.

Permanent Collections: Asian, European, Islamic and contemporary ceramics.