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Teylers Museum Review
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Teylers Museum
- Address: Spaarne 16, Haarlem | Map It
- Phone: 023/516-0960
- www.teylersmuseum.nl
- Category: Museums/Galleries
- Location: Haarlem
Fodor's Review:
Just north of the Waag (Weigh House) -- built entirely of stone in 1598 and now a café -- Teylers is the best sort of small museum: it is based on the eclectic whims of an eccentric private collector, in this case the 18th-century merchant Pieter Teyler van der Hulst. Founded in 1784, it's the country's oldest museum and has a mixture of exhibits -- fossils and minerals sit alongside antique scientific instruments, such as a battery of 25 Leiden jars, dating from 1789 and used to store an electric charge. The museum itself is a grand old building with mosaic floors; its major artistic attraction is the legendary collection of drawings and prints by Old Masters, such as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Raphael, based on a collection that once belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. Much of the collection is housed in the original 18th-century museum building.
- Cost: EUR 7
- Open: Tues.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. noon-5
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