Museums

A City of Museums

Where in the world can you find a Tibetan nomad tent, an anatomical theater, historical coins and medallions, an Egyptian temple, Dutch landscape paintings, a meter-high camarasaurus and exotic plants all within walking distance of each other? In Leiden.

Once considered the second most important city in the land. Famous for its textile industry. Known for the country’s first university. Leiden offers a wealth of art and culture, old and new, from contemporary times and from the past, from near and far, well-known and unexpected, all brought together in 15 museums - and all within walking distance of each other.

Go to www.museumgroep.nl for current exhibits.

Leiden has over 15 museums, five of which are national museums.

• The Boerhaave Museum (medicine and natural sciences)
• The Botanical Gardens
• Naturalis
• The National Museum of Antiquities
• The National Museum of Ethnology
• The SieboldHouse
• The Municipal Museum De Lakenhal (Leiden history and painters)
• The Academic Historical Museum
• The Anatomical Museum
• The Printing Museum
• The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum (Pilgrim Fathers)
• The Municipal Museum Windmill 'De Valk'
• The Pilgrim Archives
• The Wagonmakers Museum
• The Leiden Weavers House