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The Peace Palace Library implements new COVID-19 procedures for visiting the Library's Reading Room. Registration upon visiting the Library is obligatory.

It was Andrew Carnegie himself who had expressly wished the Dutch Government to select an appropriate site. Nevertheless, a lot of people also made suggestions to this end. Andrew D.

In the summer of 1899 William T. Stead paid a visit to Skibo Castle, the summer residence of Andrew Carnegie in the Scottish Highlands. Carnegie’s prime concern at that time was what to do with his accumulated wealth.

Book Review Abbenhuis, M., Ch.E. Barber and A.R. Higgins (eds.), War, Peace and International Order?: The Legacies of The Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907, London and New York, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

In the collection of the Peace Palace Library two albums are treasured with historical photos of the First Hague Peace Conference of 1899. These two albums were a gift to Jonkheer J.C.N.

This year, the Peace Palace, will celebrate its 100-year Anniversary. As official celebrations will commence in August, the Peace Palace Library starts with a series of library blogs in retrospect. The foundation of the Peace Palace in 1913 marked a pivotal point between two centuries.

'A peacock displaying its feathers in full splendour', detail from the Japanese wall tapestry.

Charles D.B. King, 17th President of Liberia (1920-1930), with his entourage on the steps of the Peace Palace. Dated Thursday 29 September 1927.

Prize competitions are very likely to arouse jealousy, disappointment, and protests from all sides.

In the painting, Peace and Justice are represented as follows:  in the upper part of the art work, in the sky, the scales of justice are seen, the traditional symbol of Justice.

110 Years ago Andrew Carnegie sent his good wishes to President Theodore Roosevelt. Thanking him for his support to get The Hague Tribunal  accepted by the then concerned five opposing powers and thereby making it a viable means for settling international disputes.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the 100th anniversary of the Hague Peace Palace, first aired on 2 January: Jozias van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The inauguration of the Peace Palace in August 1913 coincided with the ceremonies and festivities to commemorate the first centenary of Dutch liberation from French rule that summer.

A second poster marking the inauguration of the Peace Palace in August 1913. In several advertisements that year, travellers from abroad were invited to come to The Netherlands:

April 11 Commemoration of Thomas Mawson Landscape architect. Mawson was the architect of the Peace Palace gardens. A specially cultivated Daffodil will be named after him.*  

The Government of the Netherlands has decided to nominate the Peace Palace for a place on the list of the European Heritage Label. The Peace Palace and Kamp Westerbork are submitted to the European Commission in Brussels which will decide in 2014 if the historic sites are worthy of the label.

On 21 August 1931, the exiled King Alfonso XIII of Spain visited the Peace Palace. Earlier that year, the Second Spanish Republic had been proclaimed. The King had fled and left Spain, but retained his claim to the throne in exile in Rome, Italy.

"Given your ideas on education and peace, you insisted that a standard library of international law be based at the Peace Palace, too. You established that this Peace Palace Library should also be maintained in perpetuity, and committed the Dutch government to that end.

On September 21, UN Peace Day was celebrated for the third time in Dunfermline, Scotland.

By Professor Dr. Hope Elizabeth May & Ms. Taylor Ackerman.