Click on image for more information Paul Tetar van Elven Museum Koornmarkt 67 2611 EC Delft Telephone: 015 – 21 24 206 In the centre of Delft on the Koornmarkt (Corn Market) the private house of Paul Tetar van Elven is located. He was an artist, a copyist, a teacher at the Polytechnical School…
Click on image for more information Science Centre Delft Mijnbouwstraat 120 2628 RX Delft Tel: +31 (0)15 27 85200 Part of, and housed in, the Delft University of Technology one of the leading technical universities in Europe. Mainly an activities centre for children but with some interesting exhibits.
The most interesting aspect of the place, for me, is that is lines up real-size reproductions of all of Vermeer’s thirty-seven paintings. Now, while it’s not quite seeing them in the flesh, it is fascinating to see them in actual size and to realise just how small many of them are.
Click on image for more information The Botanical Gardens – Hortus Botanicus Rapenburg 73 2311 GJ Leiden Tel. 071 5275144 The Hortus botanicus is situated in the historical city centre of Leiden. It’s a 15 minutes’ walk from the Central Station. At the Visitors Centre Leiden, across Central Station, you can ask for a…
Click on image for more information and a full programme of events National Museum of Antiquities – Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Rapenburg 28, 2311 EW Leiden (+31) (0)71 – 5163 163 The National Museum of Antiquities brings archaeology and the ancient world to life. At our museum, everyone can discover the age-old civilizations of Egypt, the…
Click on image for more information Boekdruk (Book Printing) Museum Reewegpad 22 3319 JC DORDRECHT Tel 078 621 3882 The Book Printing Museum in Dordrecht is a working print and graphical museum. Now printing is very common, but there has been a long period of time. A period in which history is written, both…
Click on image for more information National Medical Museum Stadhuisplein 2 & 3 3311 CR Dordrecht Tel. +31(0)78-6452354 This is a unique humorous medical museum for the general public – from children to grandparents, from lay persons to specialist. You will discover beautiful historical and modern medical items, alongside caricatures of doctors, nurses and…
Click on image for more information Patrician House Wolwevershaven 9 3311 AV Dordrecht T: 078 843 87 46 In the harbour area of the historic city centre of Dordrecht and along the banks of the Old Meuse lies the monumental house at9 Wolwevershaven. Hidden behind the facade you find a unique late…
