Museum Boerhaave
Located in Leiden Municipality, South Holland Coordinates: 52°09′41″ N 4°29′21″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 5 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- RTM Rotterdam The Hague Airport23 km
- AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol25 km
About Museum Boerhaave
Museum Boerhaave is a museum. Location: Leiden Municipality, South Holland.
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is a museum of the history of science and medicine, based in Leiden, Netherlands. The museum hosts a collection of historical scientific instruments from all disciplines, but mainly from medicine, physics, and astronomy. The museum is located in a building that was originally a convent in central Leiden. It includes a reconstructed traditional anatomical theatre.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Built
- 1931
- Visitors per year
- 47,500
- Official website
- rijksmuseumboerhaave.nl
Source: Wikidata
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Climate of Museum Boerhaave
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 96 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- November (96 mm)
- Driest month
- April (48 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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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 0° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 7° | 4° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 70 | 50 | 65 | 48 | 50 | 70 | 72 | 64 | 90 | 92 | 96 | 82 |
How to get to Museum Boerhaave
The nearest airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM), 23 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Leiden, 1 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) Rotterdam 23 kmsouth
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Amsterdam 25 kmnortheast
- Eindhoven Airport (EIN) Eindhoven 100 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Leiden Population: 119.7K 1 kmsoutheast
- Zoetermeer Population: 115.8K 12 kmsouth
- The Hague Population: 474.3K 16 kmsouthwest
- Hoofddorp Population: 132.7K 21 kmnortheast
- Haarlem Population: 162.5K 26 kmnorth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Museum Boerhaave
Within 100 km: 148 historic and cultural sites, 87 natural sites, 51 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km9 places
- Habana Beach Beach 21 kmSW
- Vogelpark Avifauna Attraction 11 kmE
- Den Haag Concentration Camp Historic site 16 kmSW
- Oud Poelgeest Historic site 2 kmN
25–60 km104 places
- IJsselmonde Island 33 kmS
- Ouddorp Beach Beach 56 kmSW
- Badstrand Rockanje Beach 44 kmSW
- Eiland van Brienenoord Island 29 kmS
60–100 km173 places
- Putse Moer Lake 87 kmS
- Stappensven Lake 84 kmS
- Kleine Weel Lake 100 kmS
- Groot Gat Lake 97 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Museum, Leiden Municipality0.4 km SW -
SieboldHuis Museum, Leiden Municipality0.4 km SW -
Oud Poelgeest Historic site, Oegstgeest Municipality2 km N -
Escher Museum Museum, Gemeente Den Haag15 km SW -
Vogelpark Avifauna Attraction, Gemeente Alphen aan den Rijn11 km E -
Museon Museum, Gemeente Den Haag16 km SW -
GEM Museum, Gemeente Den Haag16 km SW -
Den Haag Concentration Camp Historic site, Centrum16 km SW
Nearest towns and villages
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Leiden City, Leiden Municipality0.4 km SE -
Merenwijk Neighbourhood, Leiden Municipality2.2 km NE
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Hoge Mors Neighbourhood, Leiden Municipality2.1 km W
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Oegstgeest Town, Oegstgeest Municipality2.5 km NW
Sources & licences
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