First and oldest museum in the Netherlands..
Behind the heavy monumental door of Teylers Museum, a whole world of the past awaits you: the world of the eighteenth century, the Enlightenment, when the newest scientific experiments were made, when newly excavated fossils were put on show, and when people marvelled at accounts of recent journeys of discovery. As a visitor, you wander past the various items shown in the attractive historical display cases, which are lit only by daylight. It is as if you were leafing through an encyclopaedia, allowing each object to tell its own story – each fossil, mineral or scientific instrument; each coin, medal, book, print, painting or drawing.
Some are famous, some are complex; all are fascinating.
Fossils and minerals
Two-horned monster of Fayoum
Primitive whale, skull 1849
Antlers of a large stag; around 1904
The Library..
And the drawings of my favourite.. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
Male studies
Male studies
St. Pieters churce, Rome
Pieter Teyler, who built his museum in 1784 was a wealthy banker and merchant.
The atmosphere has hardly changed in all those years.
Pieter Teyler; by Hendrik Jacobus Scholten
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