Teylers Museum, Science and art museum in Haarlem, Netherlands.
The museum holds collections of scientific instruments, fossils, minerals, drawings, paintings, and coins in a historical building along the Spaarne River.
Following its establishment by merchant Pieter Teyler van der Hulst in 1778, the institution became the first museum in the Netherlands when it opened in 1784.
The Oval Room, designed in 1784 as an art gallery for public access, represents neoclassical architecture with mineral displays and scientific instruments.
The museum welcomes visitors daily except Mondays, offering guided tours in multiple languages and maintaining a specialized library with research materials.
The museum exhibits the first discovered fossil of Archaeopteryx alongside works by Michelangelo and Rembrandt in its permanent collection.
Location: Haarlem
Inception: 1778
Founders: Pieter Teyler van der Hulst
Official opening: 1784
Address: Spaarne 16 2011CH
Phone: +31235160960
Website: http://teylersmuseum.nl
GPS coordinates: 52.38056,4.64028
Latest update: March 12, 2025 21:10
Waag
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Oval Room
43 m
Fundatiehuis (Teyler)
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Teylers Fossil Room II
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Teylers astronomical observatory
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Bakenessergracht 84, former location "Passer en Valk"
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Passerspoort
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Mercury's Foot
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Spaarne 10, Haarlem
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Spaarne 18, Haarlem
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Bakenessergracht 95, Haarlem
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Bakenessergracht 110, Haarlem
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Spaarne 22, Haarlem
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Bakenessergracht 100, Haarlem
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Bakenessergracht 101, Haarlem
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Damstraat 27, Haarlem
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Spaarne 4, Haarlem
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Spaarne 6, Haarlem
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Spaarne 20, Haarlem
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Spaarne 2, Haarlem
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Damstraat 23, Haarlem
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Spaarne 14, Haarlem
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Bakenessergracht 97, Haarlem
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Spaarne 8, Haarlem
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Damstraat 19, Haarlem
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Spaarne 28, Haarlem
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Bakenessergracht 102, Haarlem
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