Frans Hals Museum
Located in Gemeente Haarlem, North Holland Coordinates: 52°22′36″ N 4°38′01″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 6 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol12 km
- RTM Rotterdam The Hague Airport49 km
About Frans Hals Museum
Frans Hals Museum is a museum. Location: Gemeente Haarlem, North Holland.
The Frans Hals Museum (formerly Stedelijk Museum van Haarlem) is a museum in the North Holland city of Haarlem, the Netherlands, founded in 1862, known as the Art Museum of Haarlem. Its collection is based on the city's own rich collection, built up from the 16th century onwards. The museum owns hundreds of paintings, including more than a dozen by Frans Hals, to whom the museum owes its name. The Frans Hals Museum is located in the Haarlem city centre, in the 17th-century Oudemannenhuis with regent's rooms.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Built
- 1862
- Architect
- Lucas Christiaan Dumont, Wiek Röling
- Visitors per year
- 195,000
- Official website
- franshalsmuseum.nl
Source: Wikidata
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Climate of Frans Hals Museum
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 99 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- November (99 mm)
- Driest month
- April (44 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 3° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 68 | 48 | 62 | 44 | 47 | 64 | 66 | 64 | 88 | 97 | 99 | 81 |
How to get to Frans Hals Museum
The nearest airport is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), 12 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Haarlem, 1 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Amsterdam 12 kmsoutheast
- Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) Rotterdam 49 kmsouth
- Eindhoven Airport (EIN) Eindhoven 115 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Haarlem Population: 162.5K 1 kmnortheast
- Hoofddorp Population: 132.7K 9 kmsoutheast
- Zaanstad Population: 140.1K 15 kmnortheast
- Amsterdam Population: 741.6K 17 kmeast
- Leiden Population: 119.7K 26 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Frans Hals Museum
Within 100 km: 130 historic and cultural sites, 68 natural sites, 22 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km55 places
- De Kruisberg Mountain 17 kmN
- Obrechtkerk Attraction 17 kmE
- Noorderkerk Attraction 17 kmE
- Westerkerk Attraction 17 kmE
25–60 km68 places
- IJsselmonde Island 57 kmS
- Habana Beach Beach 44 kmSW
- Strandslag Zandloper Beach 59 kmN
- Strandslag Voordijk Beach 53 kmN
60–100 km97 places
- Texel Island 80 kmN
- Putjensberg Mountain 93 kmE
- Leijloop River 98 kmS
- Heerlese Loop River 99 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Teylers Museum Museum, Gemeente Haarlem0.6 km NE -
Janskerk Attraction, Gemeente Haarlem0.8 km N -
Kruisbrug Landmark, Gemeente Haarlem0.9 km N -
Nassaubrug Landmark, Gemeente Haarlem1 km N -
Olympic Stadium Landmark, Gemeente Amsterdam15 km E
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Van Gogh Museum Museum, Gemeente Amsterdam17 km E -
Westerkerk Attraction, Gemeente Amsterdam17 km E -
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Museum, Gemeente Amsterdam17 km E
Nearest towns and villages
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Haarlem City, Gemeente Haarlem0.5 km NE
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Schalkwijk Neighbourhood, Gemeente Haarlem2.2 km SE
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Overveen Village, Gemeente Bloemendaal2.1 km NW
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Heemstede Town, Gemeente Heemstede3.1 km S
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