Boerhaave Museum

museum, Leiden, Netherlands

Also known as: Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis van der Natuurwetenschappen en van de Geneeskunde, Royal Museum of the History of Natural and Exact Sciences

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Byname of:: Royal Museum Of The History Of Natural And Exact Sciences

Dutch:: Rijksmuseum Voor De Geschiedenis Van Der Natuurwetenschappen En Van De Geneeskunde

Areas Of Involvement:: microscope; thermometer; science

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Boerhaave Museum, in Leiden, Neth., museum of the history of natural sciences and one of the foremost European museums of its type. It has a fine collection of old scientific instruments. There is a collection of microscopes belonging formerly to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) and thermometers from the collection of D.G. Fahrenheit (1686–1736).