Beelden aan Zee ("Pictures to the sea") museum in the Scheveningen district of The Hague, founded in 1994, is the only Dutch museum that is devoted exclusively to sculpture.
The museum showcases modern, international sculpture, especially that made after the Second World War. It rotates exhibitions three times per year in its large room. Exhibitions can be created thematically, or around a particular artist.
Since 2003, the museum building has also housed a research institute for modern sculpture, the Sculptuur Instituut ("Sculpture Institute"). This institute is accessible during a museum visit.
The museum building was designed by architect Wim Quist, under the "Pavilion of Wied" that King William I built for his spouse. Before construction started, the municipality of The Hague required that the museum not be visible from the dunes. The museum has accordingly been built entirely underground, with terraces on the dune, which are also not visible from a distance. The museum is also not visible from the boulevard. From the museum itself one can see the sea, but not the boulevard, or the commotion of Scheveningen. As a result, the museum can be hard to find.
A free sculpture garden of the American sculptor Tom Otterness has been on the boulevard since 2004. This "fairy tale pictures to the sea" installation is intended especially for the younger museum visitor.