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Location of the museum in Haarlem | |
Established | 1778 |
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Location | Spaarne 16[1] Haarlem, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 52°22′49″N 4°38′25″E / 52.3804°N 4.6403°E |
Type | Art museum Natural history museum Science museum |
Collection size | 214,000 objects[2] |
Visitors | 158,000 (2016)[3] |
Director | Marc de Beyer[4] |
Curator | Michiel Plomp[4] |
Website | www |
Teylers Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛilərs myˈzeːjʏm]) is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science.[5] The historic centre of the museum is the neoclassical Oval Room (1784), which was built behind the house of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702–1778), the so-called Fundatiehuis (Foundation House). Pieter Teyler was a wealthy cloth merchant and banker of Scottish descent, who bequeathed his fortune for the advancement of religion, art, and science. He was a Mennonite and follower of the Scottish Enlightenment.