Teylers Museum, Haarlem Photos

Teylers Museum & Home (1778), located in Haarlem, is the oldest museum in the Netherlands. Founded by Pieter Teyler, a wealthy silk merchant, the museum houses a unique collection of early science instruments, minerals, fossils & commemorative medals, many of which are shown in beautiful antique display cases. The museum retains the style of a Cabinet of Curiosities, an antique way of displaying objects of interest which most museums have moved beyond. Also featured is a large collection of drawings (16th-19thC) as well as 19th-early 20thC paintings. A museum visit includes access to Pieter Teylers family home from which the original museum expanded outwards.

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Teylers Museum (1778) exhibits the extensive private collection of scientific instruments, fossils & minerals which belonged to the wealthy silk merchant Pieter Teyler; the museum also features a large collection of drawings (16th-19thC) as well as 19th-early 20thC paintings. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Neo-classical building (1878) housing Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Neo-classical entrance hall housing collection at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Dome of neo-classical entrance at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Main gallery with dome providing light at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Antique display case containing mineral collection at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Antique pyramid-shaped cases displaying geodes at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Antique pyramid-shaped case displaying geodes at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Hand made scientific instrument at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Antique display cases at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Antique concave inverting mirror on stand at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Distorted image which conical mirror in center converts to normal image demonstrating concept of optical illusion at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Collection of antique brass microscopes at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Mechanical models of windmills & other devices at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Brass models of solar system which track planetary movement plus sextants at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Single-cylinder air pump (1792) developed by Van Marum & made by A. Watt, Amsterdam at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Gallery with scientific & electrical instruments at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Electrical Leyden storage jars at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Elegant antique electrostatic generator, the world's largest scientific instrument at that time, of Martinus van Marum by John Cuthbertson (1784-91) at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Double air-pump (c1850) at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Sound analyzer (c1880) by R. Koenig at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Phonoautograph (1865) the earliest known device for recording sound at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Wise Turk automaton tells which playing card a spectator has drawn at Teylers Museum. When the magician asks if it is a Heart, the man nods "no" or "yes". He rings the bell the same number of times as the value on the playing card. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Gallery of fossils displayed in glass cases at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Common Ichthyosaurus fossil found in lias i.e. rock & shale found in western Europe including the Low Countries at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Steneosaurus bollensis (Jaeger), fossil type of ancient crocodile found in Boll, Württemberg at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Ichthyosaurus quadriscissus fossil at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Libys superbus (lobe-finned fish) Zittel (1887) fossil at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Arietites bucklandi, a Jurassic era giant ammonite fossil at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Two-horned monster fossil of Fayûm Egypt among many finds in that area in the early 20thC at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Moravian cave bear (Ursus spelaeus blumenbach) fossil skeleton (constructed from bones of many specimens), co-existed with humans in Europe, often in caves, during the Paleolithic era; because of its huge size & early man's primitive weapons, cave bears posed a serious threat at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Art gallery, featuring artists from the Netherlands as well as works by well known artists from other parts of Europe at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Art gallery with painting hung above pull-out display drawers at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Teyler Museum Oval Room painting (1802) by Wybrand Hendriks at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Old Woman Reading painting (1826) by Wybrand Hendriks at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Portrait of van Martinus van Marum painting (c1826) by Charles Howard Hodges at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

The assassination attempt on Willem I in Antwerp 18th March 1582 painting (c1838) by Nicolass Pieneman at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Storm at Sea painting (c1825) by Johannes Christiaan Schotel at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Still water seascape painting (1829) Johannes Christiaan Schotel at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Summer landscape painting (1830) by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Winter landscape painting (1837) by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	A shipwreck on the English coast painting (1839) by Christiaan Lodewijk Willem Dreibholtz at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Winter landscape with canal & windmill painting (c1845) by Jan Jacob Spohler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Winter landscape with canal & windmill painting (1846) by Andreas Schelfhout at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

After the Storm seascape painting (c1867) by Willem Antonie van Deventer at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Ploughman with horses painting (c1877) by Anton Mauve at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Windmills near Giethoorn painting (c1882-5) by Willem Bastiaan Tholen at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Flower market on the Grote Markt in The Hague painting (1880) by Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Coronation of William & Mary as King & Queen of England in 1689 commemorative medal by Reiner Arondeaux at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	King William & Queen Mary, rulers of England commemorative medal (1689) at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Victory by William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne River in Ireland commemorative medal (1690) by Reinier Arondeaux at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Namur recaptured from the French by Willem III commemorative medal (1695 ) by Jan Smeltzing at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Willem van Oranje & his wife, Charlotte de Bourbon commemorative medal (1579) by Coenraad Bloc at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Ninth Olympiade held in Amsterdam commemorative medal (1926) at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Stylized pigeon over ocean waves medal commemorating first postal flight from the Netherlands to Dutch East Indies (1927) by Van der Hoef at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	First non-stop New York to Paris solo flight by Charles Lindberg commemorative medal (1927) by Jacob van Goor at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Opening of weekly airmail service to Dutch East Indies commemorative medal (1931) by Van der Hoef at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	"I hate the cold wind from the East" medal, made in secret, symbolizing Dutch resistance movement during WWII commemorative medal (1942) made by Ludwig Wenckebach at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	German invasion commemorative medal, made in secret, symbolizing Dutch resistance movement during WWII (c1940-45) die for medals made by Pieter Starreveld at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Occupation, made in secret, symbolizing Dutch resistance movement during WWII (c1940-45); dies for medal made by Pieter Starreveld at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Liberation commemorative medal, made in secret, symbolizing Dutch resistance movement during WWII (c1940-45) die for medals made by Pieter Starreveld at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Front door to the home of Pieter Teyler, founder, now part of Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Informal dining room with ornate plaster ceiling in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Kitchen in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Mural & glass chandelier in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Stairway with ornately carved banister in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Blue & white ceramic pitchers & tea set in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Blue & white Dutch style plates & green glass roemer in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Blue & white ceramic covered bowl in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Antique strong box in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Oriental carpet in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Male bust against a pattern of floral wall paper in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Room with five locks, each requiring a different key, used for securing valuable documents in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Detail of floral wall paper used in the home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Room used as an office by Pieter Teyler in his home at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Ornate mirror over fireplace in room used as an office in the home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Detail of framing of ornate mirror over fireplace in office of home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Ornately carved banister & plasterwork in hallway of home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Detail of ornately carved banister in home of Pieter Teyler at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.	Crest with year of updating of home at Teylers Museum. Haarlem, Netherlands.