One of the major must sees in Haarlem is the Teylers Museum. Described as the oldest museum in the Netherlands, it is a huge museum with lots of wings to visit. First opened in 1784, a walk through the museum takes visitors from rooms with fossils and minerals to prints, drawings and paintings as well as from scientific instruments to coins and medals. It is said that the presentation of its collections is largely unchanged since the late 18th and 19th centuries. Teylers Museum was named after Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702-1778), a wealthy banker and silk manufacturer from Haarlem. As a true exponent of the Enlightenment, he had a great interest in the arts and sciences.

Honestly, we enjoyed our visit here. We spent at least two hours visiting room after room in this multi story museum. My partner who is a science geek loved all the instruments and inventions while I, an arts enthusiast, enjoyed the oil paintings as well as the architecture of the building inside and out.