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Museum > Practical Information

As the national treasury of scientific endeavours, the museum shows some 400 years of advances in knowledge.

The emphasis is on contributions from the Netherlands.

For any questions:
National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine

Open
Tuesday-Saturday 10 – 17h
Sundays and holidays 12 – 17h

The Boerhaave Museum is also open on
Mondays 10 – 17h during short school holidays.

Closed
Mondays and January 1

Admission
Adults € 6
Under 19, 65+, CJP, NS cards and groups of 10 or more € 3
MK, ICOM and children under 5 free

Wheelchair accessible

The Library
is open Monday to Friday from 9 - 12.30h
and from 13.30 – 17h.
Circulation is available to all at no charge.
Valid identification required.
Click here to print ‘Practical information’

The address of the museum is:Lange St. Agnietenstraat 10
2312 WC Leiden

Click here for a large map (no. 4 is the Boerhaave Museum)

Train:
The museum is a 10-minutes' walk from the Leiden NS station and is indicated by signs.

Bus:
various lines; Breestraat stop (5 minutes’ walk)
Line 15, 56; Lange Gracht/Korte Mare stop (7 minutes’ walk)

Cars
can be parked at Molen de Valk (paid parking) or Oude Singel (paid parking), or you may use the Haagweg car park. Free shuttle buses run to the museum from Haagweg and back to the car park.

Bicycles may be parked in front of the museum (unguarded).

If you have questions or comments, please contact the presentation department or phone +31 (0)71-5214224.
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