In the museum section, we admired beautiful earthenware from all periods of the factory’s history – huge jars, bulbous vases, tulip towers, plates, bowls and dishes and huge copies of famous 17th century paintings reproduced in blue on white tiles. There was a recreation of what Vermeer’s Delft dining room may have looked like and a collection of china from the Dutch Royal palaces.
Voorlinden is an art museum in Wassenaar. It was founded and is privately owned by Joop van Caldenborgh. It was opened on 10th September 2016 by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
The Sieboldhuis is a center for Japanese art located in a beautiful house in Rapenburg. The collection of Japanese objects was gathered by Philipp Von Siebold between 1823 and 1840.
The Naturalis Museum in Leiden is the National Natural History Museum. If you have not been to Naturalis before, you will undoubtedly wonder if such a museum with all kinds of fossils is not a bit dusty.
The Museum Boerhaave, also known as the Rijksmuseum voor Natuurwetenschappen en Geneeskunde, is located in the center of Leiden. The Boerhaave is then considered a national treasury of 400 years of scientific development.
The Municipal Molenmuseum de Valk is a beautiful authentic 1743 windmill. De Valk has seven floors that are accessible to the public.
The National Jenever Museum in Schiedam consists of the Gin Museum, the ‘Brentijn Brandersketel Brander’ and Nieuwe Palmboom Museum. Experience the history, the present and the future of gin. See the stokers and the miller in action or do a tasting of Holland’s famous Jenever.
Housed in a splendid former 1787 hospital, the museum features contemporary Dutch art exhibits & a gift shop.
