Teylers' Museum, Haarlem is one of the most famous Tourist Attractions in Haarlem. The museum, earlier a drawing school for men, houses excellent collection of exhibits. Teylers' Museum, Haarlem is one of its kinds, displaying a mix range of exhibits like fossils, minerals, medals, coins, scientific instruments and paintings. Teylers' Museum is one of the oldest museums in the country; it attracts tourists visiting the city.
Teylers' Museum in Haarlem is located in an easily accessible part of the city. The museum was started by the efforts and donation of a notable business person of those times, Pieter Teyler van der Hulst. Earlier, this place was a used as a men's drawing school. Teyler had a keen interest in arts and science. He left a large fortune for the development of these fields.
Collection in the Teylers' Museum, Haarlem:
Teylers' Museum interests general public as well as researchers of science and artists. Visitors can see rare collection of fossils. The museums halls also showcase different kinds of minerals, medals, important scientific instruments and outstanding work of art.
Halls in the Teylers' Museum, Haarlem:
Visitors can browse the exhibits displayed neatly in the 5 halls of the museum. The halls have different names and comprises of all the collection.
- Mineral Cabinet- fossils and minerals
- Numismatic Cabinet- coins and medallions
- Office Kunstverzamelingen- paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures
- Physical Cabinet
Themes in the Teylers' Museum, Haarlem:
- Classification of life
- Collection of Teding Berkhout
- Nature according Linnaeus
- The circumference of the earth
- The oldest fossils
- Dynamic electricity
- Sound
- Graphic techniques
- The interior of the earth
- What are minerals
- What are rocks
- What is a fossil
- How does a fossil
- Atmospheric and vacuum
- Magnetism
- Mechanics
- Twilight
- Tokens and Coins
- Murals
- Our solar system
- Chemistry
- Static electricity
- Heat
- Manufacture of coins
- Manufacture of pennies
Teylers' Museum in Haarlem was established with the purpose of education and facilitating research work.
A famous theoretical physicist, Hendrik Lorentz held the position of director of the museum from the years 1910 to 1928. He was selected for the post of director at a time when he was at peak of scientific career. He was a reputed physicists and well-known figure among the community of physicists at an international level.
The position of the museum rapidly flourished in the country. The director conducted successful scientific work during his tenure. He is credited with some great research work in the field of optics, radio waves, and electromagnetism and atom physics. The nest director after Lorentz was Adriaan Fokker, well-known physicist and a good musician.
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