Teylers Museum: art and science side by side
Teylers Museum in Haarlem brings together art, natural science and historical instruments. The museum galleries and Pieter Teylers Huis offer different spaces for approaching that wide-ranging collection.
Understanding an instrument
With a scientific instrument, function is at least as important as appearance. Read which action or measurement it is used to explain, so that a complicated construction gains a concrete purpose.
A different view of art
Art on the same museum route calls for a different way of looking. Give time to the visual art as well as the natural-science sections, without reducing everything to one kind of collection.
The house as well
Pieter Teylers Huis is an additional part of what is on offer. Check which route is possible and how much time you want to set aside for it alongside the other museum galleries.
Divide your visit between art, instruments and the house according to your interests.
Before you go
Check for extra Monday openings in the holidays and shortened holiday hours. Discuss the accessibility of the museum and the house separately before you plan a full route.