The Bull of Paulus Potter, on display in the Mauritshuis. © epa.
The new Mauritshuis in The Hague has less than seven weeks after the reopening of the museum already received 100,000 visitors. That made the museum announced today.
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer. © AFP. 
Renovated Mauritshuis. © getty. 
A worker puts the finishing touches on the paintings in the new Mauritshuis. © anp. 
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© epa. The 100,000 th visitor today stepped over the threshold.
“In the opening year of course you expect more visitors than in a normal year, where we assume at least 250,000 visitors. The reopening has national and international attention and people are curious about the result. But we have received in such a short time, over 100,000 visitors exceeds our expectations, “says director Victor Moussault.
For the award in 2011, an average of 5,000 people per week visited the Mauritshuis. Since its reopening by King Willem-Alexander on June 27, the average is 16,000 per week. However, since the reopening Extended opening. In addition, the museum is also open on Monday November 1.
There are some 260 paintings by Dutch and Flemish masters from the Golden Age.
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