Prison Gate Museum
Buitenhof 33, 2513 AH, Den Haag - Netherlands
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The Museum Gevangenpoort, or Prison Gate Museum is located in the Hague’s old town prison, which is itself inside one of the medieval fortified gates. The museum has a varied collection, including a number of instruments of torture, interrogation and punishment. Several of the prison rooms are well preserved, including the Ridderkamer, which was one of the cells reserved for more privileged captives, including the Burgomaster of Utrecht, Cornelis de Witt, who was held here before being executed by an Orangist mob in 1672.
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