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Teylers Museum
Explore art, fossils and scientific instruments around an eighteenth-century museum interior. Teylers brings the study of nature and artistic observation together in central Haarlem.
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The Oval Room preserves the character of a place built for learning and discovery. Cabinets of natural specimens sit within a wider collection of scientific instruments and art. The interest lies in how these subjects were collected together, rather than in following one modern museum category.
What to look for
The neoclassical Oval Room
Fossils and mineral specimens
Historic scientific instruments
Useful to know
Give the permanent historic rooms time alongside any temporary exhibition.
Your next visit
Estimated · Declared scenario and planning estimates; no live opening, weather, queue or booking service.
Indoor visit · 75–120 min
World planning estimate; admission, opening, visit duration and access need checking.