Teylers Museum in Haarlem was established in 1778 through the bequest of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, a cloth merchant and banker. Leendert Viervant the Younger designed the neoclassical Oval Room from 1779, and it opened in 1784. The Viennese architect Christian Ulrich designed the main entrance on the Spaarne in 1878, opened in 1885, and the Haarlem architect A. van der Steur designed the Instrument Room and Fossil Rooms behind it.
Later galleries were added in 1838, 1888 and 1892, each following the design thinking of its era. Hubert-Jan Henket designed a wing in 1996, and an adjoining property was added in 2002 for a shop and multimedia room. The article gives no materials or dimensions.
It holds about 214,000 objects of art, natural history and science and is open Tuesday to Sunday. A 2011 UNESCO nomination was withdrawn in 2013.
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