Teylers Museum

Teylers Museum frontal

Oval hall

Teylers Museum is a museum for natural and technological history founded in Haarlem (Netherlands) in 1778 . The building on the Spaarne River was originally located behind the home of the textile manufacturer and banker Pieter Teyler van der Hulst , who was childless and decreed in his will that his fortune should be used for the promotion of art and science.

Every year around 100,000 visitors come. It is on the list of the top 100 Dutch cultural monuments .

history

Second fossil hall, from 1885

The Teyler's legacy to the city of Haarlem was divided into three societies, one each for religion, science and the arts. The five trustees each had to meet weekly in Teyler's house, so they had to live in Haarlem. During his lifetime, Teyler had invited the Mennonite community, the drawing school for men (Haarlemse Teekenacademie), to his house. After his death, the latter moved to another house to make room for Teyler's Physische en Naturalien Kabinetten en Bibliotheek (the second society). Martin van Marum was the director. The aim of the second society was not only to educate the population, but also to research.

The museum opened in 1784, and the oval hall behind Teyler's old house was added in that year. The museum is a daylight museum, there is no artificial light. This room was intended as an art gallery for the public and is an outstanding example of classicist architecture in the Netherlands. In the middle, a showcase shows a mineral collection from the 18th century, the upper gallery (now closed to the general public) houses bookshelves, mainly with encyclopedias .

In the 19th century the museum was expanded to include two painting rooms. Today's main entrance directly on the Spaarne was added in 1878. The eminent physicist and Nobel Prize winner Hendrik Lorentz became research director at the Teylers Museum in 1910. At that time he was already a leading figure in the international scientific community. At that time, the museum was undertaking studies in areas such as optics, electromagnetism, radio waves, and atomic physics.

In 1996 the museum was given a new wing, including a café.

Collections

The collection includes the largest electrostatic generator of the 18th century, fossils (including an Archeopteryx ), drawings and paintings, and coins. Teyler's museum also has some drawings by Michelangelo Buonarroti and other Italian and Dutch artists. The museum has over ten thousand paintings and about 25,000 prints. An observatory had also been set up on the roof.

On December 12, 2011, the Dutch government nominated the museum as a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The rationale was its long history as a museum that is open to the public.

literature

M. Scharloo (Ed.): Teylers Museum, een reis door de tijd . Haarlem 2010
B. Sliggers (Ed.): De idealen van Pieter Teyler. Een erfenis uit de Verlichting . Haarlem 2006

Web links

Commons : Teylers Museum - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website of the Teylers Museum (English, Dutch)

Individual evidence

52.380457 4.640232Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 49.6 " N , 4 ° 38 ′ 24.8" E

[1] Welcome to the Teylers Museum

[2] ttps://historiek.net/teylers-museum-voorlopig-niet-op-werelderfgoedlijst/22665/